Day Six

Somedays, I hardly leave the house. Today was one such day, due to the fact that Kid #4 is a bit under the weather.

So, my options for Acts of Kindness would either have to happen through the mail (Oops, missed the boat on that. As it turns out the mailman/lady comes pretty early on Saturdays), or be bestowed on my family. 

Today's kindness was an act of laundering. At a certain age, my kids start doing their own laundry. That age is called, "the age of complaining because they can't find this favorite shirt or those lucky soccer socks." Okay, or maybe even any soccer socks. Whatever the case, there comes a point where they are just has happy to not have their laundry co-mingle with their siblings laundry. From that day forward, they become independent launderers; although, I do still was their sheets and towels if they want me to. I'm a stay-at-home-Mom, I think sheet & towel laundering is in my job description, or it would be if I ever received a job description. 

For today's AOK, I decided to surprise Kid #3, by washing what was left in his laundry hamper. Somehow he never seems to get to the bottom of his hamper. Hmmm, maybe now he understands what I'm up against. 

Kid #3 works a seasonal job and just had his last day of work about two weeks ago. He wears a uniform. Guess what was at the bottom of his hamper and would have remained there until next spring? Yep, about 8 uniform pieces. There were also 4 pencils and 3 pens, and I caught several of them before the washing machine. But not all of them. Which is sort of why Kid #3 wasn't initially excited. He thought I had maybe washed and dried his flash drive too. Thankfully, I didn't. If I had, this AOK would have been cancelled out and I would have been forced to do something horrid, like ironing!