Part 2 - How Do I Clean in the Midst of These Kids?

I received the sweetest note from a friend named Regina. She had read Monday's post titled, "How Do I Clean In the Midst of These Kids?" and then she posted these pictures of her precious children on Facebook and sent me this note:

"Thanks Courtney. Your site is where I got the idea. You are the one who encouraged me to do this and I am so happy the way it worked out. I know as time goes on they might grumble but for their first time.....they were having a blast. I went to the dollar store and got a box of gloves and got them both their own feather duster (same color... so they have nothing to fight about). We actually did have fun working together one room at a time. It really opened up Jacob's eyes though by helping. He would always say "Mommy, why are you always cleaning?" I would tell him that it gets dirty if I don't. He didn't understand until he helped clean this morning. He noticed how dirty the toilet got. I explained to him the importance of cleaning so we can use clean things in our house. I think he got the picture. hehehe Thank you Courtney for all the wonderful posts you put on your site. I get lots of wisdom from you. Keep posting more wisdom my way. I need it!!!!"

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I am humbled by her email and wanted to share it with you because her heart is just so tender and teachable. She is right - the grumbling will come. But I must admit that my children are both about 2 years older than hers and the grumbling is truly rare. Thus far, I have been able to keep it fun and interesting and my children have moved from working along side of me - to having specific duties and chores that they are able to do on their own. I believe this came through the training they received when they were much littler.

Tomorrow I will share my chore system - I don't use charts or big boards or anything too crazy - it's simple and it WORKS! I had to find something that wasn't too hard for me to consistently do - and well - charts are hard for me to keep up with week in and week out, month in and month out, year in and year out...!

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