Good “Clean” Fun!

The kids worked really hard today, and after a long day of Saturday house cleaning chores, gardening, and yard work, I finally told them “ Okay, jobs are done, it’s free time.” They quickly ran out in the backyard to play and use the rest of the daylight hours they had before I called them back in for the night.

As I was looking out the window at how excited they were to finally be finished with chores, Dan and I decided we would play a little prank on the kids. (yeah, we’re mean like that.)

While they were playing in the backyard, Dan and I snuck out the front door to spread a huge sheet of plastic across the front yard. Once that was all set up I grabbed a bottle of Dawn dish soap and marched into the backyard to where the kids were playing and with a very serious voice I said to them, “ Sorry guys, I thought of another job I need you to do.” I heard immediate moans and groans as they begged and pleaded to, “please be done with jobs for the day.” I told them, “It has to get done. I need you to go wash something in the front yard. It’s going to be hard but when you’re finished you can get back to your playing.” I handed them the soap and said to head to the front yard. They slowly and unhappily made their way to the front yard and when they saw the plastic they were like, “What in the heck???” Dan and I just said, “ I know this is gonna be rough, but get to cleaning.” They did a pretty good job with the “chore” of “cleaning the plastic.” :)