A Note from Mommy...
Now that Jack has turned two, things are a little bit different around here. It's all in my head really. The truth is that I have been stripped of the one excuse that I always allowed myself to use when things got....messy. Two under two. "You've got two kids under two!," I'd tell myself - when I hadn't shaved my legs in a month, or changed the sheets in... I won't tell you how long. The truth is that I'm really good at keeping my house tidy. I've figured out how to keep things neat, even with "two under two." But there are other things that aren't quite as noticeable to the naked eye - that I tend to let go. My laundry piles up in my closet. I do the kids' laundry once a week ...but I get to mine once every couple weeks. I don't wear dirty clothes - but if you look closely you might notice that I'll be wearing a shirt I bought when I was a sophomore in high school!!! That's when you know that I'm getting to the bottom of my dresser drawers. Speaking of which - my wardrobe. It needs an update. I went into Banana Republic a few months ago and got frustrated because I couldn't tell if things were a sweater or a dress. Are sweaters really long now or are dresses really short? Apparently both. What is the deal!?! "You have two under two," I would tell myself. "You don't have time to be a fashionista. Just ask the guy in the dressing room and be done with it." So I did. Or what about the fact that I have absolutely no idea what is going on in the world outside of my own house. Yes, I realize that we have a new President and that we're in an economic crisis, but that's about as far as it goes. I haven't watched the news in two years. 5pm - 6pm is the hardest time of my day. It's when I feed both kids dinner and give Henry his bath. I haven't quite figured out how to do that and watch the news at the same time...so again, I'd plead the "two under two excuse."
I could go on and on but I won't. The bottom line is that I'm feeling a little insecure now that I don't have my "two under two" excuse to hide behind. My babies are growing up! And while it has by no means gotten any easier in the past week since Jack turned two, I feel like it's time to step it up a bit. So I just thought I'd tell you all that I'm going to start shaving my legs and doing my laundry once a week. And as for current events, maybe I can squeeze in a little CNN.com during naptime. Wish me luck!
posted by The Pruntys @ 1:33 PM
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4 Comments:
Ha Ha...and you wouldn't trade it for a minute would you? Shaved legs are a waste of time, it just grows back and who sees the laundry pile... My house is a mess all of the time, I cannot figure out how to keep up with it and frankly after years of trying to have a family and having a tidy house, I much prefer it this way. I am, however, with you on the wardrobe. I've been trying to figure that one for a while now. All those fancy clothes and shoes and purses with too short of handles drive me crazy! Where are the fashionable but comfortable and practicle mom clothes??? Good luck and post your progress!
Kelly, we're all right there with you. My favorite store used to be Banana Republic and now I feel like a foreign object when I walk in there! I feel like a secret alarm goes off when I walk in that signals the workers that a stay at home mom, with zero fashion sense, has just entered the store. Ha.
I find Target to be my only hope for clothes these days...you can go to one store that sells diapers and clothes...unfortunately I don't seem to even make it to Target as much as I used to or would like...but by the way Kelly you always look fashionable and I say to myself...in my head...Kelly always has cute clothes!
Kelly, I get such a kick reading your blog and looking at your two adorable littly guys. Don't worry. I also had "two under two" and life really does get easier...when they leave for college!! Just kidding. Sort of.
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