Laundry, Laundry, Laundry!

Every family has it. Some of us like to let it pile high throughout the week before tackling it all in one or two days. Some of us prefer to wash smaller loads each day. And some of us like to just close our eyes tightly and wish for the Laundry Fairy to come and take it all away!

In our home, each of my three children was assigned a specific colored laundry basket and hangers. They all knew to bring their baskets of dirty laundry and empty hangers to the laundry room every Sunday night. For at least the following day, (all of my close friends knew Monday was my laundry day!) I would wash all the clothing and iron whatever pieces needed some extra attention.

I would then place the clean clothing back in the kid's bins and on their color-coded hangers. This allowed us to keep similar pieces of clothing with their owners and in turn helped eliminate possible confusion and squabbles!

After returning home from school on Tuesday, the children could pick up their color-coded bins and hangers of freshly-washed clothing from the laundry room. Then it was their responsibility to return clean clothing to their drawers and closets.

During each of my children's senior year of high school, I taught them to do their OWN laundry. After that, it was their turn to enjoy this weekly task!

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