Pioneer Day

In celebration of Pioneer Day yesterday, I decided to clean the bathroom. You may not see the connection, but if you think about it, Pioneer's didn't have bathrooms to clean; so I was simply showing appreciation for the fact that I don't have to do my business outside in a hole. Those pioneers sure had it rough! After cleaning the bathroom, however, I have to say that having no toilet to clean doesn't seem like such a bad idea, maybe it wasn't so rough after all. I hate cleaning bathrooms.

I have been meaning to clean the bathroom for some time now, but I am a master excuse maker and procrastinator so I have managed to put it off for weeks. My favorite excuse as of late has been the baby. When I am home alone with the baby during the day, I can't clean the bathroom! Even if he is napping, what if he wakes up and needs me for something? I can't just stop cleaning and go pick him up. Think of the chemicals! No, no I can not clean the bathroom during the day. In the evenings when Zach gets home I can't clean the bathroom either. He has been gone all day long, I'm not just going to go lock myself in the bathroom to clean when I could be hanging out with him! No, no I can not clean the bathroom in the evenings.

Well yesterday with Zach home from work all day, I ran out of excuses. I put him in charge of the baby and got to work. When I was about half way done, I went to check on the boys. This is what I found:
This is a problem. If the baby keeps being so good for Zach, he's going to start to think being a stay at home mom with Ryan is easy! My cover will be blown!

Anyway, I managed to finish cleaning the bathroom without either of them waking up once. It felt good to finally have it done. While cleaning the shower, I noticed that our shower curtain was disgusting. Sorry mom and Kristen and anyone else who has had to shower at our house lately. (how embarrassing!) That afternoon I went out and bought a new one. Our old one was super cute and our whole decor and color scheme is basically centered around it so I didn't want to just throw it away. Instead, I cut off the bottom (the part that was gross) and used the top of it to cover the window in the shower. I also had an old picture frame laying around so I painted it black and made a red mat and framed a piece of the old curtain to hang on the wall. Zach calls it silly, I call it art. You be the judge:


With my crafting obsession going full force, I decided to finish up a little project I started for the baby before he was born. Ryan was in a good mood, so I thought it would be a good time to get his footprint in the frame I made 4 months ago. Zach helped hold the paper and I did the stamping. When I was about to paint Ryan's foot with the brown paint, Zach and I braced ourselves for a less than cooperative response. We were both surprised/relieved when Ryan got the biggest grin on his face when he felt the paint on his foot. Way to go! He is now my official crafting buddy. His preschool teachers are gonna love him, I can see it now. Anyway, here is the final product. I have to say I think the real thing is a lot cuter than my fake hand print baby footprint.


All in all, even with the cleaning, yesterday was a great day. I loved having some time to be crafty again and I especially loved having Zach home all day! Thank goodness for Pioneers!