Is It Naptime Yet

I don’t like dirt. As a mother it drives me crazy. Our back yard is really dusty and it drives me crazy to take the girls out there. It’s not as dusty as it use to be. Our yard now has grass except one area where Jon will be putting a sand box. We’re going to cover the existing dirt because it’s very silty and it stays in the air when playing or sweeping it. Our neighbor to the east has a concrete back yard. Our neighbor to the west has dirt backyard. Everything is dirt. I wish we could have gotten that yard so we’d have more area to plant grass. Since we have a neighbor with a dirt backyard, our yard gets very dusty after winds, plus our dirt gets blown around. It’s hard to sweep because of how it gets in the air and all over you. It’s just not fun. That said Lilah wanted to go outside and play this morning. I know I need to give them outside time, I just dread cleaning them and getting dirty myself. Like I said I hate dirt. Our grass was wet with dew so they both pretty much stayed off and got dirty on the concrete or sandbox. I know I need to loosen up and let them get dirty…I just like leaving that up to Jon. He doesn’t mind getting dirty or waking on a wet lawn. It drives me crazy to do those things. I usually help clean the girls up after they’ve been outside just because I’m more anal. I may be a little compulsive….I don’t mind going to parks, that sand comes off easily…our dirt coats. Plus there are things to do at the park, slides, swings, and tunnels. The kids entertain themselves. In our backyard I’m the entertainment and I admit sometimes I don’t know how to play with them outside…at least in a way I feel comfortable with. I’m trying to be better. I let them play outside, rather then stay inside….but I wish I could be a little more easy going, and play…maybe we should get a slide.