New Routines

over the past month we have tried instituting some new routines with both the boys and girls. About 3 weeks ago, we got the girls room reorganized, their toys are in bins and clothes put away. For me this has been a big thing. They would go into the room at nap time and just destroy it every time I turned around. So now we are giving them time at night to clean up and get everything back into the right bins. I have become almost OCD about the bins. For the first time in a while the girls aren't pulling every single toy out during nap time. They are even getting better about putting toys away when told to clean up. They are learning that toys have special places. After their nightly clean up, they get ready for bed and story time. We are reading Bible stories and saying prayers. I love hearing the girls say their nightly prayers in their precious 3 year old voices.

Bedtime has been a fight with the boys lately. We get them off to bed and then they like to talk forever. We have been battling this and hadn't found a way to get them to turn off the voice boxes. So we started thinking about it and the light bulb seem to just come on. They needed to have more quiet time earlier. Their room is now CLEAN too. I am so proud of them. They got their room clean and have managed to keep it clean for 2 weeks now. They are learning how to do small pick ups during the day and before bed. After the girls are in bed, it's time for the boys to have some mom and dad time and devotional time. This has really cut down on the talking in their room for hours after lights out. I hope that it continues.

I am looking forward to more peaceful evenings in the house.