My house is out of control again...
I've got a plan of attack, so I'm not too concerned about that, but I thought I'd share what went on today. Over the last few weeks, kids have been removing socks and other articles of clothing, and just leaving them where they drop. There has been errant clothing in every room of the house. It was driving me crazy, so today I proposed The Laundry Game. Each kid got his own laundry basket, and I set a timer for 3 minutes. The object was to fill the laundry basket with as many articles of dirty clothing as possible, and the kid with the most pieces would win a sheet of stickers.
Aidan beat Eamonn 31 to 24. Can you believe we had
fifty-five pieces of dirty clothes laying around?? Most of them were socks, but still! Anyway, Aidan got the stickers, and Eamonn got the consolation prize of helping me put the laundry they collected into the washing machine (a job he enjoys anyway).
Now I need to figure out how to translate this game so it will work for toys...
Lisa
