June 9, 2009
Tackle It Tuesday — My Toddler Tackler
Today’s tackle is brought to you by my toddler, Sophia.
As I’ve mentioned during my blogging stint over at How I Clean Now, my biggest motivation to become a more organized and tidy homemaker is to become a better example for my daughters.
Little children have an instinct to clean. They may not want to pick up their toys when they’re supposed to, but hand them a cloth or a broom and they’ll usually want to imitate you and try to clean.
Sophia and Julia love to walk around the house with cloths and clean everything they can reach. Sophia also seems to enjoy picking up and putting things away. (She’ll often dump them back out, and do the job again just for fun.)
The girls are still really enjoying their organized playroom, and weeks later, most of the toys are still in their proper places.
Here’s a photo of Sophia ‘cleaning her own kitchen’.
What about your children? Do they like to clean?
So what did you tackle this week or were you like me and left the tackling to your tots?
Would you like to post as a guest tackler? Submit your guest tackles to be featured here at 5M4M. You can write Susan at tackleittuesday at gmail dot com. Remember, we are here to promote your site!
Each week on Tuesday, we are posting before and after pictures of a project or trouble area that we tackled this week.
Find out more about Tackle It Tuesday here.
The project can be little or big – whatever you want.Basically, Tackle It Tuesday is about giving ourselves incentive, deadlines and satisfaction in getting our household tasks done.
(It doesn’t even have to be housework… just whatever is on your To Do list.)
If you tackled a project this week, just add a comment and add your link below.
Happy tackling ladies…
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Comments on Tackle It Tuesday — My Toddler Tackler »
Muthering Heights @ 12:21 am
That is just precious! My little ones do like to clean…in fact, simply giving them a rag or two to drag around allows me to accomplish some of my chores while they are awake!
One Mom, Five Kids @ 12:31 am
…until they turn into teenagers…
Adorable pictures and great job on keeping things organized!
Jo @ 1:00 am
I so hope my little one likes to clean – right now his favorite game is pull it all out
we’ll see.
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Maddy @ 1:41 am
Can I hire her out to come and sort out my kitchen? I’m amazed and impressed that you’ve stuck with it. It’s usually just about a week if I’m lucky around here.
Cheers
Onna@toddlercraft.net @ 7:33 am
I love your tackle!! I have two children. My son who is 6 would walk over a pile in his room and not even notice it. My daughter who is 3 however, LOVES to clean. She asks for wipes for the cabinets and to use the swifter, all the time! She frequently will rearrange the toys in her room. (she gets this I think from seeing my hubby and I doing this with furniture frequently!)
My tackle this week was putting the toddler bed together for my nephew who’s coming to live with us!!
www.sareez.com @ 8:08 am
Good article.
Kristi @ 8:55 am
What a little cutie! I remember those days so well. Blessings to you!
susieshomemade @ 9:33 am
My daughter loves to tidy up. She really thrives in the structure! Great tackle:-)
Christie @ 10:05 am
I had Andrew tackle his room last night
I too have a cleaning lady that comes every 2 weeks and Monday nights are when my kids have to tidy there room and make sure they pick every thing up! I wish Andrew was as eager as Sophia at cleaning. But as for me, I filed a VERY Large box of papers that have been accumulating for some time now. I got the second set of cupboard doors put up in my office and sorted through all the piles on my desk so that now I can actually see the surface!
Liz@Hoosier Homemade @ 11:18 am
I have 2 teenagers and a 11 DS, so they really don’t “like” to clean. But they do know how, yesterday while I was working, my 15 DS cleaned the house, did the dishes and laundry. I was shocked!
Thanks for hosting!
~Liz
rife @ 11:48 am
won’t last! cleaning seems to be a fad they all grow out of sadly!
Kristi_runwatch @ 3:03 pm
So cute – they do pick up so much from watching Mommy!
Maggie @ 4:41 pm
My soon-to-be 3 yr old loves to help me with “chores”! But her definition of helping and mine are very different.
Deb - Mom of 3 Girls @ 12:06 am
My girls love to clean – if it’s their own idea. If I’m asking them to do it, they never want to, lol.
I was going to post my tackle for today, but got interrupted by a 3yo throwing up in her bed last night… Sigh. I’ll be back tackling next week though!
Lisa @ Stop and Smell the Chocolates @ 5:12 pm
My son always liked to help clean when he was little. He’s almost 10 now, but today he already straightened his room, did a few dishes, took care of the dog, and cleaned his bathroom – Woo Hoo! I am trying to be a better example of a clean and organized mom for him.
Nicole Feliciano @ 9:30 am
I do a recipe/food tip exchange on Fridays. I encourage folks to stop by and contribute a recipe or foodie tip.
http://momtrends.blogspot.com/2009/06/friday-feasts-fennel-salad.html
Casual Friday Every Day @ 6:13 pm
She is just too sweet for words!
Nell