keepin' it real

So after posting pics of our new playroom, I received a few emails asking if the girls ever mess the room up.  The answer to that question is a big, fat, resounding...

YES!  Of course!  They're kiddos!  Besides, what fun would a playroom be if you couldn't play in it?! :)

Perhaps I should post more pictures of the messes and real life situations on this blog, because the last thing I want to do is try to paint this picture that my life is perfect, and that my children are always perfect, never throwing any sort of fit or aren't annoying to the point I'm ready to lock them up in their room for the night just to get some quiet time!

(Because those blogs and those type of people seriously make me want to gag myself with a spoon.)

Take Miss J for example.   See this look?  Yeah, she's currently in this stage where I get this look a lot lately.

Little stinker.

But seriously.  I'm real.  I get fed up sometimes.  I lose it sometimes.  And sometimes our house is just downright messy.  And, I'm trying to do better about not apologizing for the messy status of our house when friends come over.  (Anyone else have a problem of doing that?! lol) Afterall, with 3 littles living in this house I want them to do just that--to live, to be creative, to not feel like I'm constantly on them to keep it in tip top shape (though I honestly do love a clean house).  Which reminds me, have any of you seen this mom's brilliant idea of how to help train their kiddos to clean up after themselves?  Brilliant, I tell you!

But I will also let you know that I also don't like to dwell on the negative, I'm naturally a pretty upbeat person (most of the time), and I like pretty things, so I guess that's what you'll mostly see here.

So there you have it.  That was one long answer to your short question if our playroom ever gets dirty. 

 

xo,

Pamela, a mama who likes to keep it real

 

Comments

[Rhonda]

XO right back to you, Pamela. You're the best! What a beautiful heart you have.

[Pamela Susan]

What a kind thing to say--thank you!

[angela]

Thanks for the messy playroom picture. It did make me feel a little better about all my family's messes. Like you I try to stay positive on my blog and not mention all our troubles and sicknesses...but just because they aren't mentioned doesn't mean they aren't there.