Accentuate the positive

In an effort to focus on the positive, I am not going to tell about how one of my children left the AUTOMATIC sliding door to the van open all night during a thunderstorm; about injuring my toe into a blackened state; about my dumping a liter of root beer into my knife block and behind my refrigerator; nor about the freshly cleaned van mats falling into a muddy puddle.

No. I won't do that. Instead, I will share that yesterday Luke and Leah played quietly with the Dora castle for over an hour. Sarah cleaned the children's bathroom without even being asked. Eliza folded three loads of laundry the first time I asked her. My husband put down his new guitar and mowed the lawn for me (it hurt to step on the gas pedal). 

In other happenings, I wondered if anyone has ever heard of eating vanilla ice cream in a mug of water along with a chocolate chip cookie for dipping in said mug? Yeah, I thought it was a strange combination too. It is strange what an aging mind comes up with.

A Rare Finding

I caught one of those rare moments on "film" this week. Three out of four kids doing their chores dutifully. 

I had only asked Luke to remove the dry clothes from the dryer. He went above and beyond though. When I found him, he had already gotten a stool and removed some wet clothes from the washer. He even thought to remove the dryer lint and add a sheet of fabric softener. I know! I was in shock. I had to take pictures as proof.

This week Eliza's chore is to help prepare dinner.

Leah's chore is emptying the dishwasher. I love the person who invented this miraculous machine. By the way, Sarah had already done her chore. She had cleaned off and set the table for dinner. By the time I got out the camera, she was outside riding her bike.