I feel like I’m constantly picking up after my kids, my pup, and my husband. I wonder to myself, “Why can’t they just pick up after themselves?”. Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone washed their own dishes, did their own laundry, and threw away their own trash? Sounds like heaven to me! But we’re not dead yet, so I’m stuck doing the bulk of the work.
My dear husband does the dishes for me most of the times, and I really appreciate it because I hate washing dishes. But that’s about as far as his cleaning abilities stretch.
My poor puppy! All he hears is “no” and “leave that alone”. I’m sure he gets tired of hearing “bring me back my shoe”. All he wants is something to play with. He’s already excelling at being man’s best friend, what more could we possibly require of him. But sometimes those little people leave yummy surprises for him at meal times. There’s usually a few pieces of food that fall to the floor, and Sam does a good job of finding those for me.
Speaking of little people, I spend a great part of my day saying “go clean your room”. To be honest, I don’t know what it feels like to go a whole day without saying it. Then, on the rare occasion that they have cleaned their rooms, they feel the need to play in them again and make them look worse than they previously looked. When I clean their rooms myself I always find old food and experiments that they’ve made. My kids are so creative. One time, they took my whole box of hot chocolate mix and proceeded to “make chocolate” in their room. Needless to say I wasn’t happy. They had that chocolate everywhere!
By the time I finish cleaning the whole house, I am exhausted. There has got to be another way. How do you get your family more involved with cleaning? Should I just suck it up and do it myself? Maybe if I tell myself that I’m having fun, it won’t be so bad. Comment below and give me tips!
Little Hands Big Plans! 