One of the unique things about being a parent of younger children, is that you have to really pick your battles. If I want to get something done, than I need to be willing to let things go… and then deal with the aftermath!
Sometimes that means that I have to spend 30 min. cleaning up toys after a long phone conversation, other times I have to completely re-clean the floor downstairs… because Campbelle and Rylie decided to help themselves to something yummy from the pantry, and then proceeded to dribble it all over the floor as they played!! Either way, I am often in the position to have to decide… do I really want to take the time to get this or that done, and am I willing to deal with the aftermath??
The other day I was helping “organize” the garage. I put that in quotes… to emphasize it! We are ALWAYS organizing the garage. Too much crap and not enough space to put it! Anyway, I was on a roll! Campbelle was playing nicely on the sidewalk in front of the house, and Rylie had taken interest in the bubbling sprinkler that was trying to provide some much needed water to a few dying patches of grass!
I continued to organize… the girls were given more rope than normal… Rylie ended up soaked from head to toe!
The joys of youth! When was the last time that you sprayed yourself down, fully clothed… in the name of simple summer sprinkler fun?
