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Cozy Home

Have you ever thought about being a work at home Mom or a homeschool Momma?  I am a homeschool/work at home Momma of two.  I love the opportunity to be home with my little ones.  Now, let me start out by saying that being a homeschool momma or a stay at home or work at home momma is not always the easiest job, but it is so rewarding.  My goal this year has been to make my home a cozy, comfortable home for my family.




I have a few people I follow on Instagram or bloggers that I just love to see their homes and how cozy and peaceful they look.  Now, I can tell you my home rarely looks like an Instagram post.  It is often messy and chaotic.  I have a 6 year old and a 2 year old and they love to play with toys and build towers out of building blocks.  If you have children, you know just how crazy life can get with little ones underfoot when you are trying to clean house or even keep your house organized. 

Everyone's definition of cozy is different and although I would love to say that my house is spotless and that makes it cozy.  It rarely is spotless.  Let me just show you a few pictures of our school/play room.  Since we homeschool we have a room set up as our class room that is also my kids playroom when we are not doing school work. 


I plan to write another blog post about when the house is organized and I will show those pictures or maybe I'll add some at the end of this post, but for now I really want to focus this message on the fact that even when you feel like things are chaotic, even when things are all out of place and a mess, you can still have a cozy, comfortable home.   Here is how our school/play room looks sometimes.  It is an ever changing room that gets reorganized a lot and also gets a lot of stuff dumped in here out of the way instead of put away where items belong.  Now, I know we all want every room of our homes to be Instagram/Pinterest worthy but how often does your house or life look like this?  Just know you are not alone, not every room or even every house looks perfect all the time and that is okay.





As moms, I think we often feel like we are not living up to the standard that we have set for ourselves or for our families, but the most important thing to remember is how your kids feel about their home.  Some days my kids want to go, go, go and be out and about.  Some days, my kids just want to stay home and have a relaxing day and you know what?  Both of those attitudes are great.  Some days I don't want to just stay home and some days I love being home.


Tulips~n~Lace
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