I have been working hard on my Spring Cleaning Plan. I am having so much fun! Last night I stayed up super late to organize and tidy and scrub. I was only going to work for 20 minutes each day, but can't seem to stop... (smiles)
I have a wonderful idea to maintain a clean house. Several months ago, I wrote about my Housekeeping Binder and how that got me on track to have the children help more with cleaning. Since then, a lot of things have changed. Nicole (20) is away at college, so I am not needed to do a lot of driving or errands anymore. Amy's dance classes have cut back as well. So I just came up with a fun way to keep the children busy and get the cleanest house ever!!
Here's the plan:
1. I will come up with every single possible chore and make chore cards. Possibly hundreds!! (smiles)
2. One chore will be written on one index card. Here is an example: "Go through the house searching for cobwebs and destroy them!" .... or ... "Clean all the window sills.".... or... "Clean out the car" . . . or . . . "Organize the bookcase."
3. I will have 5 days of heavy cleaning. We will only do this on weekdays. I have an index card file box and days of the week divider tabs. - Monday through Friday.
4. I will put an equal amount of chore cards behind each day's file.
Now here is the super fun part. I don't have to do any of the chores!!! These are for the children only!
This is how it will go:
On each weekday morning, after breakfast, I will pull out the index card file box. I will take out all of that day's chore cards. I will shuffle them and hold them up (like a deck of cards) with the words facing me, so the children cannot see them. I will let each child pick 3 or 4 cards for the day. They will have no idea what they are getting until they look at them. All the work will have to be finished before lunch. What fun!! (Mom, make sure you are busy in that kitchen, making a wonderful, rewarding lunch for those dear, hard-working children!)
I can just imagine it..... (looks dreamily at the sky).... (smiles).... John will be out in the car, polishing the dashboard, taking out trash, and vacuuming the floors... Amy will be washing all the windows in the house.... Matthew will be sweeping down the stairs.
Now this is a dream come true!! I can't wait to get this started!
What will make this fun for the children, you ask? Well, the excitement of never knowing what chore they will end up with!
If you are a fun Mom, you might want to include a couple of random chore cards that say things like, "Bake cookies and eat two of them before you tell us they are ready." ... Or .... "Make everyone an ice cream cone." ..... That will keep things exciting!
How about you? Are you ready to have the cleanest house ever? I can't wait to hear how housekeeping is going at your house!
Blessings,
Mrs. White
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