i don't pretend to understand how genetics work. i'm not even totally positive if that use of genetics is plural or singular, leaving me wondering if 'work' should have an S on it. see? i'm just not sure.
here's what i am sure of. there is a lot of my sister in my 7 year old daughter. my daughter, and my sister was the same at age 7, can look at a disastrously messy room, and say it looks fine to her. also like her aunt kelly, when told to clean said room, it is as if the weight of the world has been placed upon her. as if no harder task has ever been assigned to any person. it would be funny, if it weren't so frustrating.
what brought me to this thinking so early on a friday morning? we were already running a few minutes late, nothing serious, but i went to see what the aforementioned 7 yr old daughter was doing, that is was taking her so long to get dressed. what do i see her doing? what has she decided is important on this morning? she is carefully hanging a skirt up in her closet. WHAT? i had no idea she knew how to work a hanger! now, i am sure you think this is wonderful progress. well, you think that if you don't know promise, or her aunt kelly. i assure you, this was merely something she did because there was something else she wanted to do less. if i ask her tonight to hang up clothes, she will moan and groan as if i have announced the end of saturday morning cartoons.
yes. i believe this is an inherited trait, somehow coming on a diagonal from my sister. to be fair, i am not exactly mr neat and tidy, but as children, i could be assured that my cluttered room would always look good next to kelly's knee deep mess (seriously....she told mom once she didn't like the color of her carpet, which is why she kept every article of clothing she owned on the floor). to also be fair, kelly is much better now. not that she is mrs neat and tidy, but she does like to see the floor.
that's enough for now, i think i have dug a deep enough hole for today.
oh yes. let me know how you like the new look around here, and maybe even go see the photos i put in a nifty online format at onlinelarryl photos
so let it be written, so let it be done.
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I actually hate the floor here. Maybe that's why the kids put everything on it. they hate it too.
If it's any comfort to you, Aaric got those genes, too.
Lists. Mom swears by them, says they worked for me, and they work for Aaric, too.
give her a time limit....like, we always tell Dawson "I betcha can't get all your toys pick up off the floor in five minutes" and it gets done in two. Even when he gets in the shower now he says "time me" ....It may work better with boys but it's worth a shot. I like the new design.
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