Feb. 20, 2008 - Laundry Game
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I’m taking a brief pause in the "Always" Christians series to write a short post for Works for me Wednesday. The next installment will be up later this afternoon - we will continue to look at how we can “rejoice always”. Please join me.
So what works for me....
...well, a few weeks ago there was a mountain of clean, unfolded laundry on a bed, in a house, somewhere in the U.S.A. Sadly, that laundry pile was mine. And I was not extremely motivated to get rid of it. I just knew it had to be done.
Two little helpers live at my house, one is six, the other, three. The laundry pile did not look very exciting to them either - unless they were allowed to climb it!
Now, I could just buckle down and say, “let’s put this laundry away,” but that would be boring. Don’t get me wrong, kids need to do chores without them being made into a game, but sometimes we need to have a little fun, right?!
So make a game of it we did. My two little helpers were now “delivery people”. For some reason, these delivery people spoke with English accents. They stood at the door and waited for instructions while I folded. The instructions would be something like, “Please take these to 2374 Kitchen Drawer”, or “2952 Brother’s Bed”
They ran and ran, delivering their packages quickly and efficiently.
Sometimes the boss (me) would find some shirts that were missed and would call the delivery person back stating that the people from 5273 Shirt Drawer were very upset because they had ordered 5 shirts and only received 4. The “deliverer” would then apologize profusely and hurry to said destination. Upon returning I would hear a full report of their encounter with those unhappy people from 5273 Shirt Drawer. Very entertaining!
I know this is ridiculously silly - but what fun we had. The kids laughed, made memories, and worked hard (they also think their mom is pretty cool). I folded and folded - but didn’t put too many clothes away - my delivery people did that for me 
My favorite part was when the kids started to make up some addresses of their own. The one, that made everyone giggle was, “2402 Daddy’s Undies” (Don’t forget to say it with an English accent) hee hee
Of course this is very silly, but a handy tool for conquering the dreaded laundry mountain. It works for me!
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Feb. 20, 2008 - Very Cool Idea |
 Posted by Anonymous |
I just loved your story and think that I will use it next time as well! Thanks so much for sharing:)
From Jennifer @ SisterlySavings.net |
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Feb. 20, 2008 - Laundry Game |
| Posted by Anonymous |
I love your idea--taking an otherwise mundane chore and making it fun! That's a great idea for adults as well as kids. I'm going to make that my theme for Monday FunDay this coming Monday, if you want to link to my carnival...taking an un-fun chore and making it fun. Somebody had a cute one last week, showing a picture of her son blowing gigantic soap bubbles while he was doing the dishes.
Great idea. I can't wait to hire my British-accent delivery crew around the house later this afternoon. Very inspiring! |
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| Posted by Anonymous |
| I forgot to tell you who I was in the previous comment...Ann Kroeker. :) |
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Feb. 20, 2008 - Untitled Comment |
 Posted by writmm |
That is an absolutely wonderful idea! I love it. Sometimes, when the laundry is done and I don't feel like putting it away I will say...
Jack Markham, come on down...you are the next contestant on the laundry is done! Then I will hand him his laundry. I do that for each family member. They think it is funny.
Thanks again for stopping by and reading my tips for less laundry.
Melissa
www.melissaomarkham.com |
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Feb. 20, 2008 - Love this |
| Posted by Anonymous |
I love this idea. I always have my 4 year old match socks, but this sounds much more exciting. Thanks for stopping by my blog today
www.thediaperdiaries.wordpress.com |
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Feb. 20, 2008 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by Anonymous |
This is definitely my style. My kids would get a big kick out of such a game. Thanks!
Nikki from Life in Pookieville
http://nikkianddanny.blogspot.com |
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Feb. 21, 2008 - I love it!!!! |
 Posted by kympossible |
What a super idea, sounds like lots of fun for everyone! I loved the ideas shared in the comments as well.
When my younger kids tried to get out of laundry folding duty because they claimed they could not match the socks, I taught them how to play "Go Sock" which is just like "Go Fish" but with the obvious modification! ;~) It worked!
Blessings,
Kym |
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Feb. 22, 2008 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by luvbnamom |
| I love it! I will definitely be doing this with my boys this weekend. Thanks for sharing a fun way to deal with a not so fun job! |
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Feb. 22, 2008 - So fun! |
| Posted by Anonymous |
| Such a fun idea- my 3 year old would love it. And in fact, I have just the baskets of clean laundry waiting to be folded today to give it a try. :) |
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Feb. 22, 2008 - Oops, I'm not annonymous! |
| Posted by Stephanie @ Keeper of the Home |
That last comment was me!
Stephanie |
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Feb. 23, 2008 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by MountainMommy |
| That sounds very fun! My kids like to "deliver" stuff too. Sometimes, just for fun, if hubby is working on the computer and I am in the kitchen making dinner (or another similar scenario), instead of yelling questions across the house we will send notes to eachother via our little "delivery" people. The whole family has fun with it! |
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Feb. 26, 2008 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by Amanda |
What a cute idea!! I know my son would love this game. He loves any time I include him in on cleaning. And welcome to WFMW!! I hope to see you posting tomorrow. I missed the past couple weeks due to company at my house, but I really enjoy WFMW every week
www.garibaysoup.blogspot.com |
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