
Looking back at all the memories makes me consider my own teaching habits with Mya. Most days I ask her to clean up a mess, but when she doesn't move fast enough, I just clean it myself. I tell myself I am way more efficient than she will ever be at two years old. However, I feel I have been doing it wrong. I should be teaching her to help me work and clean. Does it drive me crazy when she ruins my pile of dirt after I sweep? Yes. Does it drive me crazy that it literally takes her 30 minutes to pick up her bag of blocks? Yes. Does it drive me crazy that when I ask her to stir something, more of the something ends up on the counter than stays in the bowl? Yes. Or does it drive me crazy when she pulls her chair next to me "to help you mommy" when I am trying to quickly make something? Quickly is a key word. Yes. But I need to let her help. It is the only way I will be able to enforce chores and work in the future. Today we had a great time doing laundry and dusting. Mya loves both these chores. She demands to pour the soap on the clothes and she insists on spraying the dust spray on the dirty surface. And while it did take me longer to complete my weekly tasks today, they still got done. Thanks to my little helper.
Since V isn't old enough to help around the house yet, she has the great responsibility of making me smile when I am grumpy after cleaning for several hours. And she does that so well now that she began to smile big this past week. Oh, how I love her smile. It just melts my heart.




Nooooo, she can't get big before I even see her! Smiling already? What a cutie. Mya is looking so big. I love her little outfit in these pictures.
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ReplyDeleteI really loved reading this post. It reminds me to be industrious is to be well prepared for the world. Our mothers did us a huge favor in the long run. Even if we cursed them at the time!
You are giving me so many things to consider as I prepare for motherhood. You are the best.
Ash
i needed this reminder. thank you.
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