Today will be a very, very busy day. This week is scheduled to be a very, very busy week. I’m attempting some more chore organization with the kids among other things. David is so excited to vacuum today. Silje is old enough to see these color coded charts as more work. She is glad that every other week she gets to switch her dishes job with David, who will be trained in. I look forward to the additional help. I do not look forward to the time (days…months…) until they will actually be more helpful. They are helpful now, but only in the things I’ve trained them to do. I have a few months ahead of me of having them ask the same questions over and over, or do a sloppy job, or tears and tantrums over not wanting to do chores.
I’ve got it in my head that the kids are capable of doing 30-45 minutes of “family chores” a day. (Family chores meaning not their own rooms/messes etc.) It’s just a matter of training them to do enough chores to fill that time, and training them to have the diligence to work non-stop for that amount of time. It’s no small task.
I’m blessed with the help they are now, in the things we have worked on in the past though.
Let’s just focus on that.
I’m also very excited that I got rid of 2 large black trash bags of toys out of the basement/playroom and out of the house. Ironically, the kids haven’t even noticed, but feel very accomplished that they are cleaning their toy room so quickly.
I’m blessed with coos and smiles these days.
This little one has brought so much joy into the house. It’s tough to explain, but she’s brought almost a unity to the other kids. As they fight like cats and dogs somedays, they are all mellow and loving and quiet around her, and exchange such sweet glances. It’s funny…the affect of a baby.
A neighbor of ours died quickly and unexpectedly this last week. It was very sad, as he was one of our closest neighbors, he was about our parents’ age or younger, and Knut has known him pretty much his whole life. We were blessed with this quirky neighbor who took pictures of his cows dressed up in costumes, and had funny/’pun’-ny captions for each picture.
Sometimes when an event like this happens, you just thank God so much for loved ones. There’s something about the occasional awakening to how fragile life is, to make you hug everyone in your house a bit longer and say…
I’m so blessed. Each day is a gift.
Kimberly says
January 28, 2013 at 6:12 pmSo blessed….soo true!! Each day is a gift…we just need to stop for a minute an realize and absorb it!!
Mom says
January 28, 2013 at 11:45 pmWow, going into the next phase of motherhood…chore lists for more than one kid. Good job in getting it organized and knowing the reality that resistance may come at first but live-long lessons are being taught and learned. You are raising the worlds next generation of leaders.