Conquering Cleanliness

Those of you who know Oliver well are aware that he does not like to be messy! He's certainly a master at making messes... but he sure doesn't want to be a mess himself.

Those of you who know me well know that Oliver totally got this from me. So it may seem weird that I would support the notion of him getting a little messy, but in a way it just doesn't seem natural for a little boy to always want to be so clean.

SO... we gave him Pizza!


And made him eat it on his own.


He wasn't so sure about that.


But he loves pizza so he persevered.


Although he was constantly asking to have his
hands, face, etc. wiped off...


In the end I think he thought it was worth it!

Hair - I LOVE his hair!

I love Oliver's hair! It fits him, it just does. The wispy, wild, care-free, soft, fun nature of his "all-over-the-place" hair is a perfect match for his personality.





So, naturally, I decided to see what it would be like combed...


Different, refined and so not him!

(still cute, but a different cute)

My "Laundry-List" of Complaints

Just a few of the reasons why I pretty much hate laundry:

1. No matter how often I do it there's always more
2. No matter how much I do there is always more
3. It always takes way longer than I think it should
4. There are never enough hangers when it's all done
5. Did I mention that there's always more?
6. My hands smell like stain remover until I've washed them a good 5+ times
7. There always seems to be something that just doesn't fit in any of the other loads (and what a waste to just wash that 1 thing!)
8. Oh, and, there's always more, more, more!

I'm extremely grateful that there are machines that do most of the work, and you should be too, because if there weren't we'd probably be a stinky family... I mean really, if laundry took even more time I would NEVER get it done!