Lazy? Who’s that???
We’re on week three of Family Work Camp and we are still working hard. Don’t think I’m not as surprised as you are about it. We are settling into a nice routine and I will tell you all about it soon because you know how I like details.
Remember when I said that I’m not really trying to teach my children to work but I’m trying to teach myself? So why am I dragging my kids along?
Because it’s fun!!!
And because it’s good for them.
And because we are all learning so much from each other.
Today I learned that Muscles likes having “manly” jobs like sanding doors and scraping windows because they require dangerous tools. When he gets a job he really likes he goes above and beyond to do his very best. We have a door in our bathroom that had a plastic film on it. What can I say? I just never got around to taking it off until it was baked on and then it was too big of a job for me to think about. Thankfully Muscles came to the rescue and spent over an hour scraping the plastic off with a blade. He loved every minute of it.
Persistence is learning how to teach her little sister to clean out their junk drawer and Lovely is learning how to not throw a fit when she sees most of that junk going in the garbage can. She’s learning to be patient and wait till they are all finished before she can pick one special treasure to put in her pocket.
We are all learning more than ever that we like to work together. We like working toward a goal and having a purpose to all our daily activities.
Just looking at these pictures makes my heart feel warm and cozy. We really are having a good time and our house is getting so clean! All those cobwebs are being cleared from every little corner of my mind. My mind is getting so clean that I don’t feel hopeless anymore. I don’t feel overwhelmed. I don’t feel like I just can’t keep up. There is time for all the cleaning and laundry and cooking and organizing because I have made the time. It was hard but it was worth it.
You know that feeling you get when you organize a closet or a drawer or when you get your fridge squeaky clean? I have good news. You can get that feeling every single day. Imagine that. It feels so good because it’s so right. It’s what you should be doing. We should be taking better care of our families and our homes and we can only feel wonderful when we do. I have a friend that is a professional homemaker. You know the type. In the past I looked at those types and thought that was great for them but it wasn’t for me. I either couldn’t do it or I didn’t want to do it.
These last three weeks have taught me that I do want it and I can do it. Why did I ever think I wanted anything else?
Today Persistence happily said, “I don’t know why I’m working so hard to finish this because when I’m done I’m just going to start on another job.”
I know why.
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