Saturday is a Special Day!

Saturday is a special day. It's the day we get ready for Sunday: We clean the house, and we shop at the store, So we won't have to work until Monday. We brush our clothes, and we shine our shoes, And we call it our get-the-work-done day. Then we trim our nails, and we shampoo our hair, So we can be ready for Sunday! I woke up singing this OLD primary song this morning. WOW, what does it mean to brush our clothes? Really OLD song, but I love it!

Every Saturday we are woken up early, either by someone screaming that they want choc choc AKA Chocolate milk or someone screaming because they got hurt by someone else. Today was the same as any. We let Daddy sleep in on Saturdays. He sleeps through everything anyway! So I am the referee Saturday mornings. Spencer stumbles out of his room and asks if it is school day, something he asks every morning because he dreads waking up early for school. I explain to all of them that today is Saturday and it is the day we get ready for Sunday! We have been trying to teach our kids that working around the house is fun. Melanie is our worker and she does LOVE it. Chelsea loves anything that Melanie loves so that is good. Melanie is my bathroom cleaner, Chelsea is my duster and Spencer...well, Spencer is getting older and smarter. He is learning that working is not so fun anymore. This last Saturday Dan taught Spencer how to mow the lawn. Spencer had such a bad attitude. He frowned during the whole job. After the job (he mowed the whole front yard) was complete, I sat him down and we talked about helping out around the house. Finally, he changed his attitude and was happy to help out. So, do our kids really have it so hard? I remember having to clean and work just as they do. Did I complain? I guess my mother would probably say YES!