Chores

So Little M. has had her little chores to do around the house since she was about 1. It is so cute to watch her try to accomplish something and sometimes it takes a lot of patience. No matter how frustrated I get in the end I look at her little face and how proud she is of herself it is worth every frustrating moment. Here are some of the chores little m. loves to do. 

Help with laundry: She helps me put the clothes into the washer and change it to the drier. This takes her at least 5 min to load the washing machine and probably 10 min to switch them to the drier. She gets so excited when we start to sort the laundry! She also helps me fold laundry by handing me things to fold out of the basket. She has done this chore since she was 1. 

Windex a mirror: We have a swinging mirror in our bedroom Little M. helps windex the bottom of this mirror. This is something I try to live with :). She gets more finger prints on the mirror cleaning it then there was on there in the first place. However, When I was at church one week a mom shared a story about how one of her children had told her that he didn't want to do chores because she just went back and fixed everything he did. I decided then that I wouldn't fix the chores that Little M. tried to accomplish.  So this mirror is pretty much always dirty on the bottom but little M. will show daddy her clean mirror when he gets home and she is so proud of herself. 

Dusting: She is in charge of helping mom dust the upstairs. This is just hilarious I love watching her decide what needs to be dusted.  One week my bed spread needed to be dusted she sat there for ten min or more just wiping my bed off. One week it was the mirror lol that just made the dirty mirror worse but it was pretty cute to see her try to help mommy. 

Making mommies bed: This was a chore little M. gave herself. Every time I make the bed Malia brings me all the pillows sometimes she hands them to me and sometimes She puts them on our bed herself.  Some mornings my bed really does look like a 2 year old made it but thats ok because a 2 year old did! 

I think this has helped little M. feel like she is important and usefully in our house and hopefully it will help her build her confidence. 

Have a Happy Mommy day!