On missions and nonsense

Lately, I’ve been trying to teach the kiddos to pick up after themselves a bit. They’re 2. To say it’s not going well would be a huge understatement. To be fair, my adorable kiddos did not get the gene for cleanliness, at least not directly. Sure, there’s that grandma neatnik, but she’s not a daily example (ahem, especially since she’s been cavorting off to Hawaii and to see those other grandchildren so much lately). Poor baby girl and baby boy have their parents as cleanliness role models.  And, just like their parents, they don’t like their fun to be interrupted with nonsense like picking up toys. However, since every toy they don’t pick up must be picked up by Mama at the end of the day, I’m on a mission to save myself from cleaning up teach them how to be responsible citizens!

We extended the clean-up theme to help out in our neigborhood, picking up trash at the park. Apparently, picking up other people’s trash is way more exciting than picking up their own toys. They were enthusiastic helpers!

Maybe just a bit too enthusiastic (yes, that’s a rock)…

And a stick…

We had to bathe in sanitizer after this project, and we found some “trash” that Mama had to use a stick to pick up and throw away, but all-in-all, I think it was a success. After naps, we’re heading to Target to stock up on more sanitizer.