Pad Patter: 2/9 - Laundry

gosh, behind is a small word for the state of affaires here !!!! LOL
I actually need to go now you reminded me because I feel guilty

be back in a bit!!!

 

Luckily my husband surprised me and did 3 loads today! I think I will keep him!

 

We pretty much keep on top of it. Eric does his own so I don't worry about him. As soon as the kids get about half a basket each they bring it downstairs and I help them get it started. Ella pretty much has a handle on how to get the machines going (she's 10) but the boys (7 years) are honestly too dang short to get up high enough to do it (our front loaders are on pretty tall stands). They do sort, fold and put all their own stuff away so other than running the machines I don't do anything.

I keep on top of mine, washing-wise. I am not great at the actual putting away. Mine usually sits on the office chair in our room until Eric guilts me into putting it away.

 

i think the same ways you do, Kim. my kids would put 5-10 little things in there and start it without blinking an eye. that would drive me insane. i fill mine, always, to not waste any water.

laundry is one of those things i don't really mind & am usually caught up with. i fold everyone's stuff and put them in baskets and it is up to everyone to put their clothes away themselves.

 

You just gotta train 'em right. My kids know that we fill the machine all the way up, and they add dirty towels (from that endless basket!) if the load isn't full. Generally they each bring down 1/2 a basket or so and throw that in the machine altogether so that equals a full load.

 

It is never caught up at my house... good thing we have a lot of clothes. I don't know if it would all fit in the dressers and closets if it was clean at once! With 3 kids, school clothes, sports clothes, and farm clothes it is never ending. Honestly... it is at the bottom of the "to-do" list... I'd rather be playing with my kids or scrapbooking

 

I got waaaay behind with MOC. Finally a vacation day from work today so trying frantically to get caught up.

 

I do laundry ONE day a week. My kids..they do their laundry on their day....they miss it, they rewear their clothes....lol...

 

almost all of mine is clean right now, thanks to hubby and kids rocking it out over the weekend. But we still have a few baskets that need to be hung up or otherwise put away. If it weren't for my family pitching in, though, I would be buried alive!