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| Joshua Ironing |
I remember my Mom teaching me how to iron when I was a kid. It was such an honor to be entrusted with a basketful of my Dad’s work shirts. Well I’m not quite ready to trust my children with Scott’s shirts just yet. Instead I started them on the living room curtains.
The curtains came out of the dryer wrinkled. I sighed because ironing curtains wasn’t one of the chores I had planned to do today. But then I had a bright idea, a home economics lesson for Joshua and Ruth! They were excited. They both got to iron two curtains each from the living room.
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| Ruth ironing curtains. |
They did a good job and the curtains weren’t even singed. I’ve been trying to teach Joshua and Ruth how to take on a little more responsibility around the house. They are also learning how to teach Jonathan and Hannah to help out.
If we all work together chores should be a lot easier and quicker to get done in a day. Hopefully that will mean I can get to bed at a better time and still have all the days dishes done. The more the children are able to willingly help with household chores the more time I have to teach them other exciting lessons.
(Proverbs 22:6) “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
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I enjoy ironing, unfortunately I am not very good at it. All clothes in France have to be ironed.
I don’t mind ironing sometimes. I just don’t like having to do a lot of it. We usually try to not let clothes set in the dryer too long. Once I get Joshua and Ruth trained in ironing, I will have 2/3 less clothes to iron. 🙂 Unless they like it so much that they do it all. I won’t complain.
I don’t mind ironing sometimes. I just don’t like having to do a lot of it. We usually try to not let clothes set in the dryer too long. Once I get Joshua and Ruth trained in ironing, I will have 2/3 less clothes to iron. 🙂 Unless they like it so much that they do it all. I won’t complain.