Independently Clean!

Let's be frank, it's usually easier to do something ourselves than ask one of the kids. Sometimes it's the complaining about doing it that drives me nuts and other times it's the way it's done (not to mention those times when it's both.) The older they get, though, the better they are at doing a chore that meets my approval upon completion, but it seems like a very long and slow road. Azure likes to volunteer to do the dishes by hand and spends an hour washing 3 plates and ends up like she just crossed the Splash Mountain bridge. But I like that she enjoys it.

I remember when I was little and helping my mom with the dishes and we got down to the hand-washables and I would always pour way too much dish soap on the cookie sheet and used it as my canvas, creating artwork in the film of soap for quite a bit of time until I noticed my mom had finished cleaning up the kitchen and let me "clean" as long as I wanted. I think it's important to include children in the household chores, even if they don't clean to our standards...yet.

That's why I was looking forward to testing the Tide Pods. I have a front loading washing machine. I normally toss the measuring cup and just keep the liquid soap dispenser over the little soap loading drawer and approximate how much I add each time. This works for me, but not my older girls who know how to start a load of laundry. I'm always afraid they would add too much or too little, creating more work for me to have to rinse it again or just rewash the whole load. With the Tide Pods (which dissolve in any temperature water), my older girls can do it themselves. Hooray! Divine was studying the package and said it made her want to do the laundry (just not fold it, she added). Good enough for me. Now Tide Pods (and my older girls) can help me keep the clothes I make for them clean and looking new with a powerful 3-in-1 detergent that cleans, brightens, and fights stains.

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