Thank you Chris for the caricature!

It seems that ever since I became a mother of 5, I get the “You must be supermom” a lot more often.  I just want to set the record straight that I am NOT supermom.  We all have our strengths and weaknesses, and I am no different.  However, I thought I’d take this opportunity to explain some of the things I do and don’t do.

Things I Usually Do

• one load of laundry a day
• menu plan
• freezer cook
• supervise chores
• read to my children
• drive the kids around
• budget
• make appointments
• make meals
• shopping

Beds are never made at our house.

Things I Hardly Ever Do

• dishes (husband)
• give kids baths (husband)
• yard work (husband)
• sort dirty clothes (kids)
• fold laundry (kids)
• wipe down table (kids)
• make beds (no one)
• put on make up
• sweep (my kids dust-bust every night)
• vacuum (we have a
  )

How the towels look in the cabinet after the kids have folded & put them away.  They are getting a lot better!!

Things That Are Very Difficult for Me

• organization (especially paper)
• getting rid of things
• decorating the house
• giving myself grace
• keeping mail under control

My endless stash of paperwork to be dealt with.

Secrets

• Towels are usually not folded well.
• I almost always have clothes in my dryer.
• I usually have bags/boxes stashed with papers/items that need to be organized
• We don’t go on many vacations.
• My daughter is in 3 activities and my older sons are involved in 2 right now (when my husband gets done with school, we may add on one more to the boys’, but we’ll see).
• I only wash our sheets 1-2 times a month.
• My kids do not know how to ride bikes without training wheels!  🙁
• If we aren’t having company, there is usually a pile of papers/mail next to the laptop in the kitchen.
• Clothes are always hanging or on the drying rack in the laundry room.
• My husbands closet is also a storage closet.
• I have pretty much given up on my kids’ rooms being clean.  I help them really clean it 2-4 times a year, other than that, they pick it up by shoving things in boxes.
• I call my mom and ask for advise all the time, I also consult with my children’s teachers as well.  I think it’s so important to get an “outsiders” point of view because they can often pin point things and are easy to overlook because they are dealt with on a daily basis.