Live In the Moment

And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less” (Elder Ballard’s talk May, 2008 quote by Author Anna Quindlen speaking of her children)

- I put this on here to remind me to take time to enjoy the little things in life, or to enjoy the moments that make some of Life's Precious Memories.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

The Art of Cleaning (or Stuffing Under Furniture)

So a couple months back the girls learned the art of stuffing their books under the couch. They didn't really try it after that because Mommy wasn't happy and made them clean up all the books yet again, or for the first time depending on which point of view you're taking.

Yesterday we were preparing for the missionaries to come over for dinner. I was in the kitchen, Nathan was vacuuming the living room and the girls were "cleaning" their bedroom. After they were done I walked past to at least throw my hair in a ponytail (we went swimming just before this) and I looked at the lovely, freshly vacuumed room and saw this...

That's right. They'd stuffed everything under there bed. I went to go get the girls to fix it and Nathan told me the rest of the story. He'd told the girls to clean up so that he could vacuum the floor. Well, they made it so he could vacuum and were so proud when he walked into the bedroom. "We did it, Daddy! We did it!" He just couldn't get after them, but he did tell them that they couldn't stuff their stuff under the bed again.



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