Sat. Morning Cleaning

Saturday morning is our morning to do our weekly cleaning. Each one of the girls has jobs to complete before anything else-no T.V. no computer, no friends, etc. We have been doing this consistently for awhile now. I was really hoping that Hope Ranch would have helped McKenzie have a better attitude about cleaning. She had to do way more there than she does here. But I guess it was not long enough to develop habits plus as we all know she is still not stable. So every Sat. morning becomes a chore with an attitude. It is so not fun. I dread it. And that is why I am taking a break right now and writing this. Hopefully, it will help my attitude. Any way, almost always Kenzie has some kind of breakdown. If I ask her to do just a little more than she has in her head what she is suppose to do she looses it. Her idea of cleaning her room is to pick up the things off the floor and shove them somewhere else. I really try hard not to be critical but also teach her the right way that things need to be done. I remember when I was little and I would help my mom fold towels and my mom was very specific on how they should be folded. It drove me crazy then. And even when I was first on my own I would fold them different even kinda sloppy, probably just to spite her. Very wrong of me, I know and trust me I let her know about it which was also wrong. Yea, maybe she could have been more relaxed about how I folded the towels but now I only fold them that way. They look so much better and I have to admit that I am glad that she taught me how to do it that way. It took me awhile to get to that point. I guess as we get older we get more understanding and wiser. Moms do the best that they can at the time and we all are not perfect. I certainly understand that now being a mom of three too. So again I struggle with balancing accepting their work and critiquing it to help teach them better habits. I also wish we could get through one Sat. morning without an attitude and no meltdowns. Maybe someday. Back to cleaning...