nap time motivation

want a good way to keep your kids quiet and motivate yourself to get lots done in a little time? agree to watch your friend's baby for the day! today we have baby drew over. he is affectionately known as baby drew and may regret it when he's five, but for now it works. right now he's quietly snoozing upstairs and my kids have never been more quiet. they played with him this morning while i was able to get a few little things done, and when it was time for him to nap they quietly cleaned up the baby toys and found things to entertain themselves while i put drew upstairs in the pack-n-play. in the last hour and a half i was able to make smoothies, run the dishes, start the laundry, start the bread for dinner, make egg and sausage sandwich toppers for quick brefix this week, and organize a few little things…. i couldn't believe it! i remember now what it was like when my kids took morning naps. it was a mad dash to get anything and everything accomplished that time would allow.

man, i have it easy now! i can boss my kids to do so much for themselves. it's fabulous! go get dressed. clean up. bathroom routine. dust this, wash that, organize here, clean there…. i can dig it. of course, now i'm feeling a smidge guilty about how much more i should be able to accomplish.. :) just a smidge.