Who's the mom around here???

Yesterday Shaylee got a wild hair and helped Sawyer & Jaycee clean their room.  She did a great job!  She helped them make their beds, put all of their toys in their buckets, put their shoes away...their room looked awesome!  I usually try to help them with their beds every day and we go thru their rooms together once a week-the rest of the week it's just whatever they think is clean!  :)  I need to be better-we need a new chore chart or something-but I need to be better at a lot of things!  Ya know-overwhelmed mom.  Aren't we all?

Today when Shay got home from school she marched Sawyer & Jaycee to their room and helped them again.  I thought it looked pretty good but apparently it wasn't up to Shay's standards.  She informed ME they need to keep their room spotless-that I need to continue helping them make their beds every day- and that when she gets home from school she will check their room.  If it is clean they will get a prize and that she will give them points for a bigger prize.

Totally cracks me up.  The funny thing is when it came time for Jaycee to be potty trained I had nothing to do with it.  She's my 4th kid-I had decided when she was ready she'd let me know.  I didn't want to deal with accidents this time and as long as she wasn't 4 and still in diapers she would be fine.  Alyssa & Shaylee however made a plan-they made her a sticker chart and got the job done.  I was VERY structured with Alyssa & Shaylee when they were little-now I am spread thin and maybe a little checked out with these things.  Makes me laugh my older kids are trying to be the mom now.  I am not neglectful or anything but the little details sometimes go unnoticed-funny they must remember and think things need to be the same for the little kids as it was for them.  I am so grateful for them!  They are awesome big sisters and a huge help to me!  Maybe I need to "check back in" and be a little more attentive to the little things.  How do you snap out of survival mode and back into living life?  This is the reason I love the saying "Finding Joy In The Journey"...it's an every day effort I am trying to make!  They are growing so fast and I am so lucky to be their mom!!!