Spring cleaning was a phrase that I never fully understood. Why would someone clean more in the spring than any other particular time. Now that I have a large piece of land, a garden, greenhouse, and a gigantic strawberry patch all overtaken with weeds and willow trees I get it. Oh do I get it. So here is a Spring cleaning list I have thrown together. With any luck some of these jobs wont carry over into NEXT spring!
SPRING CLEANING:
· CUT HEDGES
· WEED STRAWBERRIES
· ADD SOIL TO GARDEN
· PRUNE APPLE TREES
· WASH OUTSIDE HOUSE
· FINISH BASEBOARDS
· TILE COUNTERTOPS
· CABINET HARDWARE
· REPAINT DECK
· BUILD MOM A DECK
· CUT DOWN WILLOW TREES IN FIELD
· CLEAN & REPAIR GUTTERS
And then of coarse the obvious washing of windows and such things I dont need to list. So far the hedges are cut, strawberries are half weeded, and half the cabinet hardware is put on. This weekend we will build mom a deck. Then next weekend Jon will be off to The Charlottes for a while :(
Dylan and Emily were amazing that day. We started at 10am. They had a red wagon they filled up with brush, pulled over to the pile of brush we started, emptied the wagon and pulled it back, got another load and so on. Emily made it about 2 hours, Dylan lasted the entire day! No complaining either! He was so happy to have a job and work beside daddy. Usually he complains if I make him pick up a tshirt on the floor. Not this particular day though. He worked his butt off for 6 straight hours (lunch break included). We were so impressed that daddy gave him $10 to go and buy something from Walmart. Emily got $5. Now that ,ay sound like alot for a 4 and 2 year old...but I havent bought them a toy since Christmas. Chores are now their only way to new toys. They work hard and at the end of the month they are rewarded with an appropriate amount of money they can spend. Right now they empty the dishwasher every day(I take the knives out), and clean up anything that is laying on the floor usually once a day. After all its probably there because they put it there! Im not really sure what else I should be making them do at this age but Im sure I will think of more. For now I am extremely happy with their willingness and eagerness to help me. I will make use of it while it lasts for sure!
Voila! Pretend the unpruned apple trees arent there.
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