Many Hands Make Light Work
We have been walking to the laundromat lately because I thought that it would be good for the kids to walk places and not ride in the car so much. Now that we’re moving, we won’t need a laundromat as our new place will have a washing machine.
Today was a fun laundry day. Our way to the laundromat was typical: Ty pulled the wagon that carried the load while I carried Taylor and kept sheperding Kyle to follow us at the right speed – he tends to lag. At the laundromat, we did some homeschooling (read fairy tales, flipped through Nature Flash cards, and signed the alphabet and some words and phrases). On the way back, though, Taylor was getting really tired – she was walking – so I put on my sling to carry her. But Kyle saw that I was wearing the sling, and he asked to be carried. I put Kyle in and sat Taylor on the bundle of clean and folded clothes, held on to her as I helped Ty with the wagon. I pushed; he pulled and steered.
With the two of us being the only ones walking, we made it back home in record time. It’s tiring, carrying Kyle, but the sling made it easier for him to ride on my back (horse-y like), and Taylor was falling asleep on her own lap while riding on the clothes. Over the speed bumps, she chuckled, and, well, I had a good time. Ty got a little lazy, noticing that I was pushing the wagon, but I told him to really pull and walk faster. He did. It made him laugh that he was almost running while pulling the wagon. It just made it easier to have everyone working and doing the part that they could do.
