We came home from swimming lessons on Saturday morning to find DH in a bit of a lather about the state of the house.
(We've kind of let the housekeeping slide over the last few weeks. And the 15 years before that.)
So DH had made a list of chores for everyone to do.
Seriously, he had written it all down on a piece of paper.
So, we finished eating, then scattered to every corner of the house to get to work.
As I cleared off the kitchen table, I picked up the list.
S had edited it - or, as she wrote at the bottom of it, the list had been "S"-ified.
She had drawn hearts all over it, and at the end of the list of chores, she had written:
"Everybody relax.
Have fun."
Happy Mother's Day to all of you out there who, like me, have to keep relearning the same lessons over and over again. Thank goodness 9-year-olds are good teachers.
