little helper

clean and laundry. definitely not two of my favorite things to do, but a necessity nonetheless.

with each week i find these somewhat routine tasks becoming a bit harder to 

accomplish. my growing belly and inability/attempt not too lift items heavier than 

my children make for a less than graceful approach to this duty. 

i had a helper today. no, this is not the first time she has attempted to aid in my day-to-day

mommy duties...no doubt about it, ella loves to clean. i often times find that i have a shadow

throughout the day, in the form of my daughter. she actually likes to do these less 

than entertaining jobs. today was no exception and made me realize that it may be time

to start giving her a few daily chores along with an allowance..maybe teach her a little responsibilty. 

i had just finished two rather large loads of laundry, but was still not finished with

my dusting and vacuuming. so, i threw all the clothes, towels and what-nots on

my bed....i would get to it when i could. i came back into the room to check on the girls...

there sitting on my bed was miss ella in deep concentration attacking the mountain of laundry. 

she sat there for the next hour, refusing any help that i continued to offer, and

folded every last piece. not only did she fold, but she organized everything into piles. each

person or room had it's own section. i think the thing that surprised me the most was the

fact that she had folded every article of laundry exactly as i do. exactly.

there was no need for me to re-fold or re-organize. hmmm, at this rate i may be able

to sit on my bottom all day and eat bon bons. okay so not really, but it does sound nice.

the pile of laundry was behind her...check out that organization

her face looked like this for most of the time