Lasso The Moon

Some House Rules, New and Old, for Mother's Day

I've shared some of these in the past.

Some of them are new.

Some of them were declared for the first time yesterday.

Parenting is full of amendments.

These are the rules:

Do not eat gum you found on the sidewalk.
If you drop your gum in a movie theater, do not pick it up and put it in your mouth.
Do not put your feet in your baby brother's mouth.
Do not put your toes in your baby sister's mouth.
I don't care if she likes it.
Do not lick the tile on the back porch table.
Do not lick the window screen.
Do not lick the car windows.
Do not wash your toys in the potty.
Do not slurp water from the bathtub stopper.
Do not dance with pencils.
Do not dance with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Do not jump on the top bunk.
Do not stuff finger puppets into your mouth to see how many you can fit.
Especially on a full stomach.
Especially if your stomach is full of ice cream.

These are just some of the actual rules, stated out loud at some point in our household.
Happy Mother's Day

Green Cleaning

I found this book a couple weeks ago on Amazon, and I’ve been so pleased with it!  The first part of the book names traditional house-hold cleaners and whether or not they are really beneficial to your household health and safety.  The rest of the book lists actual recipes that have been tried and tested to replace those that you used before.

I am having so much fun cleaning with my new home-made cleaners.  And above that, I appreciate the change in odor from bleach- and ammonia-based cleaners, to vinegar- and baking soda-based cleaners.  So much easier on the senses.

Next on my list: get some prettier containers.

Rules, cont.

#12  You must eat something other than salt and gum for lunch.

#11  Do not sit on or lie on your brother when he is trying to crawl.

#10  Do not chew gum that you found on the sidewalk.

all house rules

And Finally...

#9  Do not lick the tile on the back-porch table.

#8  Do not stick your feet into Baby Brother's mouth.

More Rules

#7  Do not stick peanuts up your nose.

#6  If you drop your gum at the movie theater, do not put it back in your mouth.

Rules

    We have been doing a little crafting, and a lot of training around here for the last couple weeks.  In the next couple days, I'll have lots of new house rules to post about.
   

#5  Do not eat anything you find in a restaurant booster seat.

#4  Do not wash your toys in the potty.

These are the rules

This is a little project I've been thinking about, and since I have the blog now, I have somewhere to keep it and show my progress. 
I'm making a list of "house rules".  The funny part is that each rule is the result of some bit of trouble that Emma (and eventually Ethan) has actually gotten into.  It will be funny to see how the list evolves and grows over the years...so here are the first three:

#3   Lotion is for skin only.  Not Hair.

#2  Do not slurp the water out of the bathtub stopper.

#1  No rolling toys on Baby Brother's face.

Man, I'm going to have some great stories to share someday.

Anna