Memories that will last

I am lucky enough to have great back-door neighbors.  One day a few weeks ago, we saw you out there jumping on the trampoline with your sons.  My kids thought that was awesome! And I thought it was the greatest reminder of all that no matter how clean (or not clean) your house may be, those memories are the most important. 
Children want to see their parents laughing and happy, not stern and too busy to play.  So, while maybe dinner was put off a half an hour, and your hair was static-y, your children feel happy knowing they are important.
Since that day, I've tried to deliberately spend time with my kids, without phone, computer, cooking or cleaning.  It's hard to ignore stuff that "needs to get done," but my new focus is specific time each day to play.  Thanks for that great reminder!

FYI

I have tried and tried but cannot get my either of my blogs to cooperate with me. I can't see the messages I have posted and I can't read comments. I have been a little bit wondering about being done blogging anyway so to any of you who are dying to know how clean my house is just give me a jingle. I have loved reading everybody's tips on cleaning but for the time being (and possibly forever) I am done contributing because it is too much stress trying to figure out this error message. Sorry to say but I have other things to do with my time besides trying to blog on a broken system. I will still check for your insightful posts - Happy Cleaning.