Today is Wednesday, which means if I'm keeping up with my daily cleaning assignments (which I gave to myself and frequently DON'T keep up on), it's clean-the-floor day. The last couple times I cleaned the floor - as in 2 buckets, bleach, rags, on-the-knees, get it actually clean for once - Liv has helped. This time, because of her enthusiasm over previous experiences, both Liv and Nathaniel decided to help. Helping clean the floor for them means get a lot of water on the floor, make is super slippery so they can slide around, and in Liv's case, get naked. When they tire of this, they go take a bath, and I wipe up the dirty water and have a sparkling clean floor. This is not an idea I invented or anything. I got it from Derrell, who I'm pretty sure was inspired by Pippi Longstocking. As kids I remember being the envy of many of our cousins because of this little trick.
Today being Nathaniel's first experience with mopping the floors, he was so excited that just after starting he said, "This is way more fun than just playing with toys!"
Fabulous! I might just put all the toys away for a while, enjoy the lack of clutter and mess, and let them clean the floor every day.
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
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