I Can Just See It Now....
It is the first day of school and the teachers ask my girls to write a paper about what they did over the summer. No doubt, at the top of the list will be.....
"This was a great summer, I learned how to properly clean a toilet....."
The essay will go on....
"My mom says that there are some children who don't know how to clean a toilet at all and she does not want us to be one of those children. She said that when we are 12 years old and attend Young Women Girls Camp, we may even get the assignment to clean toilets. She does not want us to be embarrassed by not knowing how to do this chore properly."
The essay will include other thoughts such as...
"I have the greatest mom in the world. She made sure that she prepared me for real life and taught me everything I need to know. I will know how to take care of and clean anything...especially the toilets in my future. I love my mom and I know she loves me."
It is the first day of school and the teachers ask my girls to write a paper about what they did over the summer. No doubt, at the top of the list will be.....
"This was a great summer, I learned how to properly clean a toilet....."
The essay will go on....
"My mom says that there are some children who don't know how to clean a toilet at all and she does not want us to be one of those children. She said that when we are 12 years old and attend Young Women Girls Camp, we may even get the assignment to clean toilets. She does not want us to be embarrassed by not knowing how to do this chore properly."
The essay will include other thoughts such as...
"I have the greatest mom in the world. She made sure that she prepared me for real life and taught me everything I need to know. I will know how to take care of and clean anything...especially the toilets in my future. I love my mom and I know she loves me."
Yes, you read it here first.Two weeks ago, I gave some serious Toilet (and Bathroom) Cleaning lessons
to Katherine and Megan.
With 4 Bathrooms in our house, there was plenty of "hands on" demonstrating.
I cleaned one toilet as a demonstration and then they each cleaned one on their own with me watching and then inspecting.
We covered what cleaning supplies and materials to use and why.
We covered the all important....Do not combine ammonia and bleach cleaning products
and then went over which products contained what.
I showed them how to read labels and where to use which products.
I taught them which order to clean things in the bathroom
and how to not use the same rags on the rest of the bathroom that touch the toilet, etc.
Little did I realize that this new found skill would be put to use outside of our house so soon.
Tonight was our family's turn to help clean the the Church Building.
Guess what.... We Cleaned the Women's' and Men's Bathrooms.
(Yes, my GIRLS got to go in the BOYS Bathroom...they kept staring at the urinal...I realize we did not cover urinal cleaning in our sessions.I just tried to be matter of fact, like this was any other restroom that just had to be cleaned)
Katherine kept saying....I need to do this for the experience. I don't want to be one of those kids who does not know how to clean a toilet properly. I need all the experience I can get.
I THINK maybe.....just maybe... I got my point across!
For 8 and 11 year old little girls, they are doing great.
What an amazing summer we are having... I know you are sitting there just a little envious that you have not had Toilet and Bathroom Cleaning sessions with your children.
Or, maybe you have had these sessions and are having the same sort of
wonderful summer I am having.... It's great, huh?
Not everyone can have such an exciting summer.
to Katherine and Megan.
With 4 Bathrooms in our house, there was plenty of "hands on" demonstrating.
I cleaned one toilet as a demonstration and then they each cleaned one on their own with me watching and then inspecting.
We covered what cleaning supplies and materials to use and why.
We covered the all important....Do not combine ammonia and bleach cleaning products
and then went over which products contained what.
I showed them how to read labels and where to use which products.
I taught them which order to clean things in the bathroom
and how to not use the same rags on the rest of the bathroom that touch the toilet, etc.
Little did I realize that this new found skill would be put to use outside of our house so soon.
Tonight was our family's turn to help clean the the Church Building.
Guess what.... We Cleaned the Women's' and Men's Bathrooms.
(Yes, my GIRLS got to go in the BOYS Bathroom...they kept staring at the urinal...I realize we did not cover urinal cleaning in our sessions.I just tried to be matter of fact, like this was any other restroom that just had to be cleaned)
Katherine kept saying....I need to do this for the experience. I don't want to be one of those kids who does not know how to clean a toilet properly. I need all the experience I can get.
I THINK maybe.....just maybe... I got my point across!
For 8 and 11 year old little girls, they are doing great.
What an amazing summer we are having... I know you are sitting there just a little envious that you have not had Toilet and Bathroom Cleaning sessions with your children.
Or, maybe you have had these sessions and are having the same sort of
wonderful summer I am having.... It's great, huh?
Not everyone can have such an exciting summer.
3 comments:
I taught my kid's how to clean and do laundry when they were young. Todd knew how to sort and do the laundry better than his father!!
Hooray for Katherine and Megan!!
There's nothing like just in time lessons. We always sign up to clean the church too. c likes that little assignment.
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