Savannah Grace is my very best helper. I had no idea someone could enjoy doing chores so much. If she hears me open the broom closet, she races over and insists on sweeping. This usually means that the dirt on the floor gets moved from one end of the floor to the other.
She's also seen a commercial on tv where a mom makes a mess on her bathroom mirror, which she quickly resolves by reaching for nearby disposable disinfecting wipe to clean it with. Savannah doesn't have access to these magic wipes, so whenever she feels that the mirror in the hall needs cleaning, she gets some of Vivian's baby wipes and smears them around on the mirror.
Her current favorite is washing dishes. But in order for a dish to qualify as something she is willing to wash, it already has to be clean. My clean dishes are usually coated with a thick layer of crusty bubbles after being hand "washed".
After so much exhausting work, my happy helper takes a well-deserved nap, and it's my turn to secretly clean up after her helping :)
That is so cute. I think it is important for kids to "clean" even if you have to redo it when they are not looking. Eventually they will learn what clean really means the more important thing is that they feel like what they do has value (or potential for it).
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