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Jaxon Dancing!

The girls have been just turning on our ancient stereo. . . (you can see it on the window seat in the background) and then simply dancing!  They have dance clothes they wear, but they mostly put on skirts.  This time Jaxon said "bring me a skirt, too!" 

This is the result!

Love it!

He is strong enough to twirl Sienna too!

So this lasted about twenty minutes and then Jaxon or Sienna found a hackysack on the floor and they started throwing it at each other.  Pretty soon they are running through the house and around the house 'horsing around circle' giggling with glee when they happen to hit the other with the ball.  They have always loved playing with each other.  I love to hear the giggles.

 

Raspberry Pancakes!

Jon and Jaxon got a little busy in the kitchen.  Because they couldn't find any ready to make pancake mix, Jaxon had the idea of using the Raspberry muffin mix from Lehi Roller Mills.  Jon was up for it so they put it together.

So why the picture of Shanelle?  Well, she took a bite of her pancake and came to me and said, "mom, there is blood in my pancake."  I didn't know she could even say the word blood, let alone think that she is seeing it.

She didn't eat the the pancake even after the explanation of the different looking pancakes.

Notice the pig pajamas . . . these are my favorite.  She had some when she was 2, too!  They are definitely a great repeat.

Saturday Is a Special Day. . . It's the Day we get ready for Sunday!

The Job list has been posted by Jon and the action is happening all over the Hunt Home!

 

Juan does the best a jobs which are "task" oriented rather than "cleaning" oriented.  Jon assigned him to put together the wires for the filing cabinet.

Jared has always done a great job cleaning.  He has been cleaning these bathroom mirrors for 10 years!  Wow!!!

Jaxon . . . there are two words for Jaxon's cleaning abilities, fast & thorough.  I don't know how he does it, but he can conquer a job list like no other.  He gets on it and doesn't let anything stop him.  And he is good, really good about doing a wonderful job.  Here he is sweeping the kitchen.  We have a central vacuum that he usually uses, but it is on the fritz, so his tool of choice for now "broom and dust pan."

 

Sienna is a fantastic cleaner.  She is becoming more organized and helping me with the house.  I really can't think of a time when she complained about "cleaning."  Here she is flashing and award winning smile while cleaning her bathroom.

So Jon put Shanelle to work and when I saw this I had to get the camera out.  What a moment from our 3 year old.  Look at her tiny, feminine hand hold that vacuum hose.  She was really busy into her work doing the entire hallway.  She wouldn't even look up for the camera she was so into her work.

 

All the kids were cleaning and not complaining for about 1 hour.  It was a fine sight for us to see as parents.  There was a great feeling in the home!!!   And it is a lot hard than I thought it would be to teach the children to work.  Consistency!  That's the ticket :)