In Our House

In our house, pants are optional only if you’re potty training (no matter what my husband tells you…).

In our house, we don’t own a scale because we’re more concerned with how good we feel than how much we weigh.

In our house, we balance out the oatmeal and whole wheat flour with chocolate chips.

In our house, everything stops for baby giggles.

In our house, everyone eats dinner at 6:00 and woe is the person who doesn’t feed the dogs first.

In our house, naps are not optional, even if it means just playing quietly in your bed for an hour.

In our house, the television is off unless we are specifically watching something.

In our house, music is on all the time.

In our house, shoes are left under the coffee table in the living room and taken to closets about once a week.

In our house, we go to church every Sunday and sing “Jesus Loves Me” in the car.

In our house, we say bad words under our breathe when we step on toys in the middle of the night.

In our house, the maid, cook, and laundress never show up.

In our house, the kids bathroom smells like pee no matter what I do. (sigh)

In our house, we say I love you, please, thank you, and I’m sorry.

In our house, the time out chair is a decorative stool in our living room.

In our house, the lettuce is always ice burg, the carrots are always babies, and the cereal is always Cheerios.

In our house, throwing temper tantrums will result in being sent to your room, no matter how old you are.

In our house, plants die.

In our house, you have to step over babies and dogs while you’re cooking dinner.

In our house, Saturday mornings are slow moving and spent in our pajamas.

In our house, we clip coupons, budget for big purchases, and have college funds for our kids.

In our house, Target trips require a chaperone.

In our house, we share our toys.

In our house, we have bedtimes.

It’s my bedtime.

Goodnight.

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27 Comments

Ashley @ A Recipe for Sanity

July 27, 2011 at 6:46 am Reply

I loved this entire post, but especially this line: “In our house, we don’t own a scale because we’re more concerned with how good we feel than how much we weigh.”

I got rid of my scale about 3 months ago and I’ve never been able to vocalize the reason quite like you have. It’s a great example to set for your kids. 🙂 As for the rest of it, I want to come to your house! Sounds like lots of fun.

Tabitha @ From Single to Married

July 27, 2011 at 7:00 am Reply

Amen to the naps not being optional! Although yesterday for some reason, my son thought his was optional and he opted not to take one. All day long. But that’s okay, he still had his alone time and mommy had hers. 🙂

Kristen

July 27, 2011 at 7:42 am Reply

Oh yah! Gracie has the same jumper as Isaac!

Lindsay (Young Married Mom)

July 27, 2011 at 7:58 am Reply

Ha! I love the Target one. I need a chaperone, too. Although the last time I went, my husband came along, and he’s always a sucker for cookies on sale, so I think we need a third party!

Alaina

July 27, 2011 at 8:17 am Reply

I, too, require a chaperone at Target 🙂 Can’t believe how quickly Gracie is growing!

Tiffany

July 27, 2011 at 8:22 am Reply

Love this post. I also need a chaperone at Target. Almost everything that Katie has came from Target. LOVE THAT STORE!!!

Heather@keepcalmandloveon

July 27, 2011 at 8:22 am Reply

It sounds like the priorities are straight in your house…I loved this post!

Maybelline @ Naturalmente Mam¡

July 27, 2011 at 8:30 am Reply

we own a scale, but it is only used to weight suitcases whenever some in the family has to travel

Sara @ embrylovescookies

July 27, 2011 at 8:36 am Reply

Very cute post this morning!

Kara

July 27, 2011 at 8:53 am Reply

Your house sounds like a great place to be!

Waiting for Bulgaria

July 27, 2011 at 8:55 am Reply

Very cute post, but I have to admit that in our house, my son rarely wears clothes unless we’re going somewhere. Don’t judge . . . he does wear underwear. We do own a scale, but I almost threw it against the wall the other day. And for the most part your house sounds a lot like my house, and so I think your house is awesome. 🙂

Amy Denev

July 27, 2011 at 9:04 am Reply

For the bathroom smell… try nokout, I use it because I have an inside dog, it will get rid of ANY smell! 🙂

Alyssa

July 27, 2011 at 9:22 am Reply

It’s nice to see that your plants die at your house but your kids are thriving! We have a dog that is spoiled and well cared for and a baby on the way. I like to say that if you can’t speak up in our house- barking, crying, yelling, asking etc- you will die. Our plants are all dead too. Inside and out.

julie

July 27, 2011 at 9:23 am Reply

I am seriously thinking of taking the scale away from my husband. He weighs himself compulsively when he is home, and I noticed my 4 year old doing it now, too.

As to the bathroom, take the entire seat off the toilet to clean, and you may find the hidden smelly spot. That happened once to me. And it only took a few minutes and a screwdriver.

Candice

July 27, 2011 at 10:24 am Reply

We have a lot of the same “rules” (although it’s really just how we are). I like the TV rule, though – we have it on way too much.

Jen @ caved in

July 27, 2011 at 10:26 am Reply

Oh my husband and the scale…..he likes to weigh himself before and after exercising then yell how much water weight he’s lost. Then I want to throw the damn thing at him. Today I would add “in our house, a puking baby wears only his diaper so mama isn’t doing 40 loads of laundry”.

Mindee@ourfrontdoor

July 27, 2011 at 12:16 pm Reply

I love this post so much that once again I feel the need to copy you, but I won’t. Probably.
Also? One of the first chores my kids were assigned (age 3 or 4) was “the shoe chore” which is when they have to collect all shoes and deliver them to the correct bedrooms. They do it to this day, every day. When they all move out it’s going to look like a shoe store in here again.

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