Reason #5,698,674 Why I Suck As a Housewife
My seven year old who should be wishing for sugar plum fairies and flashy, bright toys from Santa?
He's become sadly practical in our weaknesses. On his Christmas letter to Santa was "socks."
I kid you not.
Now does the kid actually need socks? Uh, nope.
Just that CG and I suck about matching socks when do laundry. We have two baskets full of socks that we rarely match so that there's always a dearth of socks in this family and a mad scramble every school day morning to find some.
Seriously, I've bought 30 pairs of socks for the kid in the last six months. It just seems easier to buy more socks that actually match 'em.
Pathetic. Really, I know.
So pathetic that yes, my friends, it's that time. It's Pinup Mommy of the Year Award Time:
He's become sadly practical in our weaknesses. On his Christmas letter to Santa was "socks."
I kid you not.
Now does the kid actually need socks? Uh, nope.
Just that CG and I suck about matching socks when do laundry. We have two baskets full of socks that we rarely match so that there's always a dearth of socks in this family and a mad scramble every school day morning to find some.
Seriously, I've bought 30 pairs of socks for the kid in the last six months. It just seems easier to buy more socks that actually match 'em.
Pathetic. Really, I know.
So pathetic that yes, my friends, it's that time. It's Pinup Mommy of the Year Award Time:
I stink at laundry big time!!
8 Witty Comments For Me:
The whole reason I had the Bean was to make him pair socks. Bean is 18 months and he can almost begin to pair socks. He knows his colors. Soon he will begin to pair socks in the afternoons, and when he is older, he will pair socks in the evening by dimmest lamplight. If there are too many socks, he will pair them until dawn! Oh yes!
ie Make your kids do it.
Amelia :)
Umm, make your kids do it! My 3 and 4 year olds LOVE it. Even the 10 year old doesn't grumble too much if he can watch TV while doing it.
Oh, I'm all about getting the kids involved. They sort te laundry and bring it to the washer for me after each load. The biggest issue is that the kids don't put BOTH socks in their dirty laundry at the same time and the clean ones need to be kept between loads. Then the socks fall behind the washer or get swept away into another basket and the socks will never match up!
But putting the kids to work ony makes sense. Kid 2 and 3 have even expressed interest in starting the washer. They'll have clean clothes when they go off to college.
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My husband and 22 year old son share the giant cache of white socks. They never make it into the wash together in pairs. We have long ones, short ones, ones with gray toes and heels, ones with gray soles, ones that have brand names on them in red stitching, some in black stitching.
I greatly dislike the socks. The socks mock me. The refuse to mate up. Stupid socks. Sigh.
When my sisters and I were all at school, wearing the same school uniform and similar, but different sizes of, tights and socks, she put name-tapes in all our clothes, and a thread in each sock / pair of tights, blue for me, red for one sister, yellow for the other (-:
I'm pretty sure my washer EATS the socks.
Or something around here does.
So I was talking to a friend today and he said his boy put 'difinently underware' on his list....because his 'old ones had poop stains.'
In other words...be thankful your not THAT kid's mom. :)
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