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Monday, September 20, 2010

Shhhh...(Don't tell them it's work.)


Joshua Ironing
 I remember my Mom teaching me how to iron when I was a kid.  It was such an honor to be entrusted with a basketful of my Dad's work shirts.  Well I'm not quite ready to trust my children with Scott's shirts just yet.  Instead I started them on the living room curtains. 

The curtains came out of the dryer wrinkled.  I sighed because ironing curtains wasn't one of the chores I had planned to do today.  But then I had a bright idea, a home economics lesson for Joshua and Ruth!  They were excited.  They both got to iron two curtains each from the living room. 

Ruth ironing curtains.
They did a good job and the curtains weren't even singed.  I've been trying to teach Joshua and Ruth how to take on a little more responsibility around the house.  They are also learning how to teach Jonathan and Hannah to help out.

If we all work together chores should be a lot easier and quicker to get done in a day.  Hopefully that will mean I can get to bed at a better time and still have all the days dishes done.  The more the children are able to willingly help with household  chores the more time I have to teach them other exciting lessons. 

(Proverbs 22:6) "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."

3 comments:

  1. I enjoy ironing, unfortunately I am not very good at it. All clothes in France have to be ironed.

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  2. I don't mind ironing sometimes. I just don't like having to do a lot of it. We usually try to not let clothes set in the dryer too long. Once I get Joshua and Ruth trained in ironing, I will have 2/3 less clothes to iron. :) Unless they like it so much that they do it all. I won't complain.

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  3. I don't mind ironing sometimes. I just don't like having to do a lot of it. We usually try to not let clothes set in the dryer too long. Once I get Joshua and Ruth trained in ironing, I will have 2/3 less clothes to iron. :) Unless they like it so much that they do it all. I won't complain.

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