Chores

The children didn't have to go to school today because their school had their Annual Sports Day yesterday (Sunday) and so today was declared a school holiday. Yay! I totally enjoyed sleeping in till 8am, otherwise, I'm usually forced to get up at 6am if it's a school day.

The best thing that happened today was all the 3 helped out at home in one way or another. Lucas watered the plants and took out the rubbish; Janine swept the floor (tried to) and Hannah folded the laundry and cut the vegetables for lunch. Amazingly, they all did it without murmuring or complaining. It was great!

Some of you may wonder what's the big deal, it's just a few easy chores. Maybe, but for our family, it's a huge achievement. I'm not a natural teacher and I find teaching a huge stress. That's why, up till now, I've not been able to train my children to do anything much just because I lose my temper almost every time I tried!

I know I have only myself to blame, but really, my eldest is already 11 this year and changing myself has been a very long and slow process. Nevertheless, there is some progress and today was the evidence of that. Thank you, Lord!