Never Fear the Laundry Day is here… again!!!!

If only there were a way to take the fear and anxiety out of the never ending laundry pile! How do children do it?? There are only 7 days in the week, 24 hours in a day, 1440 minutes in a day and yet the laundry basket looks like the fountain of never ending socks, shirts and pants that continue to overflow into the hallway! OR the laundry basket in the only empty area of the entire house because the clothes are hiding in every corner of the house creating their own scavenger hunt in order to be placed in the washing machine!


Try this simple battle of the bulging laundry basket…. Take two laundry baskets, one is a dark color and the other is white. If you don’t have two “official” baskets, use two boxes or any type of container that will control the roaming clothes! Label one of them DARK and the other WHITES. Bring your children on this great adventure of conquering the stress of laundry day. They can be a great help and it will teach them responsibility. The rest is simple! The instructions are as follows: When you undress put your dark clothes in the DARK basket and put your light colored clothes in the WHITE basket. This gives even the smallest member of the clothed family a chance strategically through their clothes in the appropriate basket. Just think about it… those socks now have a chance to experience washing, drying and folding TOGETHER!! They will not fear being lost in the closet, alone in the washer or dropped from the dryer. They will stay together for many wearings and even experience their first hole in the toe together!


To complete this cycle, just wash the basket that is full first. The sorting of colors is already done, just dump the whole load in the washer, then dryer, then invite the family to help fold! Yes even the little ones can help fold washed clothes, socks, and shorts. They want to be involved and they are quite good with those small motor skills!


Giving them an opportunity to have ownership in helping from the beginning to the end will also give them the responsibility to fill the baskets each and every time!

Life is hard, Life is challenging and Life is full of possibilities! Grab a possibility and SOAR in LIFE!

Pam Lambert
Personal Life Coach
Soaring In Life…. Live with Passion
http://www.soaringinlife.net/
soaringinlife@yahoo.com

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