"Kitchen's Closed"

I have implemented a new rule in the Vega house tonight. It is called "Kitchen's closed." Period. Now a typical night in our house, the babies get down for bed by 8:30-8:45. That gives Sebi a little play time and one-on-one with me until his bed time- which lately has been anywhere between 9:45-10:00! Then, I get to go to the kitchen and clean up the rest of the pots and pans, wipe off the nasties from Sebi's booster seat, the two highchairs, sweep up whatever mess that made as well as the rest of the kitchen, clean the counters, table, and stove top and then finally get to call it a night. Don't get me wrong, there have been nights when I am just too tired, but that just means that I get to do all that 1st thing in the morning.... Now, I'm sure that I am more or less describing the typical evening of many moms out there, but you know what? I want more "me" time. So I decided tonight that after dinner the kitchen was closed. I put up the baby gate, announced that the kitchen was closed and assumed my "after-hours" duties while the kids had to stick it out in the living room. (I do plan well, because I also stuck a dos equis in the freezer to be nice and chilled once I got the troups down.)

I just left Sebi's room after his bedtime story and walked back and forth from kitchen to living room. It is sooooo nice to have the place tidy before everyone is in bed. Now I can go and relax in a C-L-E-A-N house, (because ya'll know that relaxing in a dirty house doesn't compare to relaxing in a clean one)! I'm off to turn on the idiot box and watch some mindless t.v. while I sip on my ice cold beer. I plan on putting my feet up and contemplating what other rules I can instate......