Thirty-Four

Independence. We've been teaching a lot of that around here lately. There are just some things most seven and nine year olds are already doing, but mine were not. With a little help, it's amazing what these kiddos can learn to do! Dishes! This is the boy that won't eat off dishes from anyone else's house, or from a restaurant, unless they're disposable. He was started to balk at dishes we made him wash himself ... because they weren't clean like the dishes Mom washes. So today I decided it was time to TEACH him how to wash dishes. No excuses, we were doing it and we were doing it the right way. Did I mention I don't have a dishwasher. Uh-huh. You know where I'm going with this ;)