Tuesday Things.
1. You guys how is this year already HALF over! I mean, what is happening.
2. Strawberry pop tart shortbread. What! This is amazing.
3. So thankful we don’t have the cicadas right outside our house (yet?!). Please tell me you remember a few years ago when they bombarded us when Max was one year old and they landed all over us (and him) and I had about 40 heart attacks. They need to be gone soon!
4. How to combat that zero motivation feeling.
5. Can someone please tell me how to deal with laundry as a family of five? Pretty sure my mom just did it almost every single day, all day. I mean, this is probably what I fear most. And Eddie already does a lot of the laundry in our house. Ha!
6. TV things!! Okay I finally watched the Friends reunion and it did give me all the feels. Especially the Jennifer Aniston/David Schwimmer stuff! What did you think of the Grey’s finale? I liked that they finally did a time jump. 100% think Jo and another certain character will end up together…
7. With both of my last pregnancies I got super hungry towards the end and right now I am craving ice cream like whoa. I haven’t even had any good ice cream yet and it’s been, like, a week. Of course do I have the mini magnum ice cream bars in my target cart for delivery? Of course.
8. Also typical third child: 37 weeks and have no hospital bag packed. Eeeek!
9. This is SO good: what have I missed out on this year.
10. Everyday Dinners cookbook club is GOLD right now. Have you joined yet?!
17 Comments on “Tuesday Things.”
My tip for laundry–do a load (or two) every day–even if the load looks small. I run it anyways. Â I put a load in before I go to bed with all the days dirty clothes, stick them in the dryer right away when I wake up, workout, and then put them away when once the kids are all awake. Â My husband is in charge of washing all the towels;-). Also, I know a lot of people are picky about sorting their clothes, but I have washed our clothes all together for the past 10 years and nothing bad has happened yet. Â Â
I agree! I wash everything on cold all together! Nothing terrible has happened except the occasional lego or tissue in the laundry! It’s not as big a deal as our mothers made it out to be!Â
Also never sort laundry. Ever. Whites go in their own load with bleach, but everything else goes in at once.
Time is doing strange things…I can’t believe the year is half over either!
Wishing you all the best as you become a family of 5! (We have 3 kiddos, too, and it is every bit as crazy and wonderful as it seems. :))
You need to get Jeni’s delivered from Target!! The best!
As for laundry: (also a mom of 3) do at least one load a day. I start one as soon as I wake up and it doesn’t take as long as you think. For me it works best not to leave it all for one day! You’ll get into a routine!Â
I am so thankful I do not live in a cicada zone. I know they are totally harmless but the creep factor is huge. Speaking of, that fake baby they have been using on Grey’s is seriously creepy looking. I realize it is supposed to be a very ill infant but every shot has her eyes closed and her face looking corpse-like. I assume a real child will be used next season or at least I hope so. Not sure about the Linc/Jo situation…he will move in for sure but anything beyond that …maybe.
Get that bag packed. Your little one might decided to make an early entrance.
Our older two kids share a room, so their laundry always gets done together and if there’s space, I’ll add #3s laundry. I have also put a hamper in their bathroom because finding wet, gross clothes from playing outside or whatever on the bathroom floor makes me insane. I’d say we do laundry on average 4 days a week?
Haha – toward the end of my pregnancy with my twins, I didn’t even have room left for food, but I made room for pb soft serve sundaes from the kool cones at north park :)
I live in the suburbs but found a laundry service that picks up on Wednesday morning and delivers everything clean and folded on Thursday morning. It usually costs anywhere from $30-60 depending on how much we have (the cost is by weight, so I don’t send things like sweatshirts, towels, etc). It’s a luxury but with a family of four and my husband and I both working 10+ hour days, it’s some of the best money I’ve spent.
laundry.. even as a smaller family I just throw a load in first thing in the morning and get it into the dryer before i leave for work. Otherwise it gets too out of control.
the facebook group is amazing right now! loving it!
can’t wait for baby. so excited for your announcement soon
The year is actually only about 44% over! Â July 1 is the midpoint (though I know it does seem like June should be!!!!)
So for whatever reason my Crumbs page did not refresh and only showed last week’s Tuesday Things post today, and the speed at which I grabbed my phone and went to your stories on IG to see if you had the baby was unreal!!!! #babywatch2021
I gave up on watching Grey’s a few years ago after being a loyal fan for SO long, but I got so sick of all the disasters and drama. I re-watch seasons 1-5 pretty regularly but to me the show really lost itself and its characters along the way. However I love seeing your tiny secret updates because they always prompt me to google spoilers and sort of still keep up on what the show is doing!!
Yes, a load a day and as they get bigger and their clothes do too, more than one plus linens. Agree-first thing in the morning.
Eh, I’m the oldest of 3 kids, and had my (only) child at 38 weeks. Water broke at home, and I was like, “huh, I guess I ought to pack a bag!” Think comes from having a mom who was an L&D nurse? I just couldn’t take any of it seriously since lived with the “drama” being normal my entire childhood.
We still didn’t have much family/help when my 3rd and 4th were born. It was really helpful for my husband not to have to run around getting everything and juggling kids/childcare. I had problems with my 4th pregnancy and was induced a few weeks early, and then had further complications, and was in the hospital for awhile longer. . . so, it doesn’t hurt to have some things figured out. Sounds like you’re doing great – and looking forward to hearing some happy news soon!
As a family of 6, we’ve been doing 2 loads a day for years now. We have a FT nanny, so all the kids laundry is part of that job description, and we just have to deal with our stuff.. . I work out every day, so run a load every day adn just throw the other stuff in. My husband runs a whites load of his stuff once a week, too. It’s just part of the routine. ;)