Anyone who knows me well knows I am horrible about doing my dishes. I really don't mind it once I get going, but there's lots of things I'd rather be doing than hanging out in my kitchen. It's much better now that we have a dishwasher and it's one of my favorite things about this house, but there's still lots of things that either don't work in the dishwasher or don't fit if you don't load/unload the dishwasher often enough.
But today I figured out why the whole kitchen thing is out of control
and dirty. It's not just me! While washing five million water
bottles (we go thru a huge variety every day) and a few pans from dinners from the
week, I also discovered:
Sarah-pan from pizza (she made it for her "other"
dinner after Sunday dinner), hash brown pan, large blue popcorn bowl
Allie-no bake cookie pans
Charity-muffin pans, bowls, muffin liners
Kit-nacho cheese bowl
Mollie-she helped Charity with the muffins
And the mess on the counter included leftover craft supplies
from Allie's school project, play dishes and a sword and CD player from Charity
and Mollie, prescription bottle that Kit just finished up and wanted to save,
and a few hair things.
I think we need to all learn how to clean up after ourselves and
finish up a project! Silly family! But I'm also glad they are all
capable of making their own food and unloading the dishwasher consistently and
occasionally helping with the other dishes.
And the dishes are completely finished . . . for a few hours! And I think Sarah wins the prize because I don't think I found a single thing of hers on the counter! (And she'll win a bigger prize if she makes dinner tonight before I get home from gym!)
