Cleaning Together

Having a nice clean home with a family of seven, can be a very complicated goal. There is always things to pick up, organize, and do. Besides all the laundry and folding and putting away clothes. Even meal times can be a nightmare.

Here are some tips that have always worked for me, and of course I am always adjusting and adding new ways to help maintain organization of our home.

Luckily, for me my teens, Stephanie, Nicholas,and Clayton (when he is here.), are very self motivated and great at helping. They, for the most part, clean up messes when made, do not mind helping with things, and they clean their rooms and bathrooms every morning. This is very helpful and takes such a little time for them, but is a big blessing to me.

I clean the bedroom every morning, and my husband picks up the living area before leaving, I am very thankful to him for this. It is usually not very messy just whatever we had out in the evening, usually there is a couple of throws and some children books.

My two small children like to help out when possible. Sarah has really been pretty good at picking up her room. The little ones are always so proud of themselves, they smile and clap their little helpful hands. I am happy that they are learning to take pride in their home and are becoming self motivated, as my older children are. This is pleasing to me!

The evenings are a little harder, for one because there is so much to do with everything, and everyone can not help but want to just relax.

Stephanie, usually cooks some meal during the week. This is sure help to me and it is something that she has learned to enjoy doing. Nick and Clayton help put up the clean dishes. Sarah has done this a couple of times as well. I usually do the dishes and clean-up, but Stephanie does do this from time to time.

My heavy cleaning is done on Thursday afternoons. I get off at noon, from my job and so I come home and clean and organize, and do the rest of laundry that I did not finish during the week, and vacuum and do the bathrooms and all. By cleaning my home on Thursday, I get to enjoy my Friday day off at home. It is so nice to have a clean home for the weekend. The kids really like to have the home nice to, it really is a home sweet home, that we all make possible!

~ work together, live together, bond together