Sometimes, getting the kids to do chores is like pulling teeth. Can most of us relate to that? There is that beautiful stage where they love to help, and then suddenly they don’t anymore. That was a tough one for me, because they helped SO WELL, and now its more of a micromanaging scene some days. I don’t like that.
Laela is my kid that gets pinned with laundry more than the others. Don’t come for me, it is NOT because she’s a girl. Not at ALL. It is because she’s more thorough and diligent than the rest of the kids. Plus, its a bigger job, she’s one of the older kids, and she doesn’t gravitate towards the same jobs as Dekker. So she does laundry on and off, and its awesome. More in summer, for sure. So she has been in a busy season of laundry.
Yesterday, we got home from camp and got to work unpacking, bathing, organizing, eating, and getting ready for school the next day. Brady took a couple of kids into the city to pick something up from a purchase I made earlier that day, and I kept the house running while they were out. I bathed the younger ones. I helped the sick one and juggled the wiggly hands-on one. I kept laundry going and finished two loads. I put the two to bed and played with the third until everyone came home. By that point, I was just so tired. I hugged them all goodnight and Brady and I finally had supper.
This morning, I went down to the kitchen to begin the day and was met with this.
And that is one of the reasons I accept that struggle of having my kids do jobs. Because then they aren’t so entitled about what should be done for them. It is SO much nicer to launder clothing for people who appreciate it than those who take it for granted, don’t you think?
Anyway. It was a really sweet touch. Laela and her little love notes 💜 She is such a beautiful girl.