
I tried, I really, really tried! I didn't want to say anything @ all! My little Kenlee girl is the bestest helper in the whole wide world! When I was gone today she cleaned the pantry! (which really didn't need cleaning....cuz it's empty!) So I get home and she say's with a sparkle in her eye,
"Mom, did you see the pantry?"
Me, "No, why"
Ken, with and even bigger sparkle, "cuz I cleaned it"
Me before I looked at it, "Oh Kenlee, I love you, you are such a sweet girl, Thank You!"
A little while later when it was time for the worst part of the day, thinking what to make for dinner. I go into the pantry and what do my not sparkling eyes see........ Everything on one shelf shoved tighter than......... (well I cant think of anything thats not disgusting) .....so I'll just say I couldnt find anything.
Now I need to make one point clear, the pantry in this house is bigger than the bathroom and it has shelves on all the walls from ceiling to floor. I keep everything in there, from small appliances to canned tuna, to my cases of ziploc baggies.
And my sweet Doodle Bug cleaned it for me. I like to call it an unorganized re-arranged mess.
Anywhoo, I'm trying to find the things I need to make dinner, and Really trying to bite my tongue and not call her in to tell her, "hey this cleaning job sucks" But I couldn't do it! So I yell for her to come here and I explain my problem,
ME, " Hey, I can't really find anything in here, see how everything is jammed together in front of other things, it's a little bit of a problem! We can't stack things in front of other things k"
Her, "OK"
Thats it....thats what I said, ain't I a horrible mother.
What I meant to say is this........NOTHING I SHOULD HAVE SAID NOTHING!
or
What I meant to say is This......."The pantry looks great sister suzy thank you!"
another lesson not learned, maybe for Family Home Evening Next week we can have an organize the pantry day, and teach her how and why things go in the pantry in a nice neat order.
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