May Garden

• Aug. 7, 2007 - Chores

Work while you work,
Play while you play;
This is the way
To be happy each day.
All that you do,
Do with your might;
Things done by halves
Are never done right.

"Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve." Colossians 3:23-24

- take dirty clothes to the laundry closet
- fold easy things like towels and wash cloths
- clear table
- take out/ put in dishes in dishwasher
- take out put in laundry in washer and dryer
- help bake each day
- hold Sophia and play with her throughout the day
- help give Sophia and Lina bathe each day
- help get the beds fixed up/ or change linens
- pick up the floor and table tops
- Sweep with broom or vacuum
- get mail
- take trash out/ bring can or recycle bin in
- help dad shovel snow
- help do yard tidying
- mow grass with help :^)
- garden
- rake leaves

Extra projects that are on going: Picking off/ scraping the chipping paint on
our kitchen
cabinets and woodwork until I can totally refinish - the prior owners painted over without dulling finish so day one for us it started chipping - it looks lovely;^)

I want to teach them to actually scrub and wipe off surfaces. And to fold all
types of laundry. And to work more diligently so it doesn't take all day to do this
stuff. This year should provide plenty of opportunities to do so.