Laundry Day

I love to do laundry. I admit it. I love the whole process... the sorting, the pre-treating, the washing, the drying, the folding, the putting away. It's my favorite chore. Everything looks so nice when it's been put away in the drawers, the socks all lined up, the shirts folded just so. It's almost an obsession of mine... which is why it's hard to give away any control of it. I rarely want Mark to help, even.

Today, I recruited my little *female* helper to "help" me with the 5 loads of laundry I had to do. Mostly, because she was underfoot and bored, and needed something constructive to channel her energy. But, I have to say, Abby is on her way to being her Mama's protege! I'm so proud. And I learned what a very valuable tool recruiting a helper can be to a busy parent who just needs 5 minutes to switch the loads of laundry.

So here are the 4 steps to helping Mama with the laundry (for a 2 year old).

Step 1. Line up all of the hangers you will need --- the backs of bar stools work very well for this task.








Step 2. Sort the laundry by moving it from the hamper to the laundry basket and then back again. Repeat.











Step 3. Bring Mama the laundry basket when she asks.











Step 4. "Fold the laundry." This consists of moving the clean laundry from one side of the laundry basket to the other and smashing it down into a very wrinkly heap.









After today, I believe that you can never start too early in laundry training. :)