The Family Virtues Guide, Week 2: Cleanliness

This week we talked about cleanliness. This was a rough one.

Ellie, who has always been a fairly clean kid (although she is a pack rat!), has recently had troubles remembering to clean up her own messes. She will do it if she's told, but she has been waiting until I point things out instead of taking the initiative to keep her room in order and her belongings in their places (instead of scattered throughout the house). The biggest offenders are clothes and books. She always has a book open somewhere - and she leaves trails of them all over the house :) She has voiced that she would like her chores listed out so that she can check them off, so that is in the works.

Kate has always been messy:) She just can't seem to help it. She has tried this week to keep herself and her stuff clean, but she really struggles with this. She is THE messiest eater I know. If you set her and Nick down at the table together, I would bet that Kate would make the bigger mess :) Part of the problem is that she does EVERYTHING at 100 mph. She just can't seem to slow down for anything. While moving at the speed of light, things tend to be dropped, tipped over, spilled, broken, or left behind. Stay out of Kate's way! Her intentions are good though and she is learning that she needs to clean up after herself.