These Walls (the inside of my house)

   I've been thinking about my house lately or I guess the inside of the house. The last two houses I have lived in were really beautiful in that the first one was a heritage home and the second one was a home that we built ourselves. This house we live in now is an upstairs with a living room, kitchen, dining room, hallway with closets and the a bathroom and three bedrooms. Right now we fit perfectly although sometimes I feel a little cramped. Our last house was very very big and this house is not so much. The funny thing is with this house I have been struggling more and more with keeping it clean. It  makes sense that the more children I have and the less space I have the more messy it would be. Often times I feel like the mess defines how my mind is doing. I feel like I can't function in the disaster. I feel like my house is a reflection of who I am. However this last week I have wanted to break free of that.
   I thought today I would introduce you to my house ~well the floor and some counters. I wanted to embrace the mess today and so I sat in the hall way and took some time to look around. It all started when I went in to brush my teeth ~ I happened to look up and saw two toothbrushes stuck to the ceiling of my bathroom. I sighed...laughed...took a picture to text to my sister and then really started looking around. Then I pulled out my camera.

Welcome to my home:

My husband made these shelves for me. He is enormously talented. I really really like them.

These bowls are treasures to me. They are from my grandma's house and from my friend Bethany. Please note the rainbows...from a prism I made on a trip with my friend Emily.

This is my little man. He knocked over his high chair and then climbed in it and he spilled lots of food that had been sitting in the tray.

When we moved into this house my husband put a window in our dining room. This is my view. I am thankful for it every single day.

This is my eight year old's room but my four year old sleep in it. We play a lot of musical beds in this house but we are starting to get more sleep. I say do what it takes!

                                                           This is my room.

                                                      My view from the hall way

                   
                                                                  My living room

                                                                  A Beanie Boo

                                                       The kitchen in ALL its glory.

We have to keep all the chairs outside on the covered deck right now because of the babies' climbing skills. I'll be so happy when the thrill of trying to table dance is over....

                       Another counter view. Wow...is all I can say ~ my calendar is a treasure though.

                                             A book shelf that has a lot more than books

 I have written about my issues with my broom and my children......as you can see today it was being used for something ~ I am not sure what

            Another view of the handy broom ~ please note the pink telephone tied to it

 I am an incredible homeschooling mom as you can see from the calendar. I'll give myself points for the fact that it IS November.

                                                 No words for this but I was impressed.

                                                      Oh my children...I love you so

                                               This amazing contraption once again

                                                  And again ~ A guerrilla spider's home I guess

                                           Everything is on this floor...spread far and wide

                                                              Wow..just wow...

I decided to dress up like Lunette from a show called 'The Big Comfy Couch' to tried to inspire them (and myself) to do a 'Ten Second Tidy' and it sort of worked. She is a clown and wears long socks every day. We did actually get some of the living room cleaned up. It was great.

Today I managed to not let the inside of these walls define me. It was nice. I might not succeed tomorrow but its nice to have a day of victory once in a while. xo