Dugan Family Teamwork

Thursday nights at our house are always jam packed. It's always my goal to purge my "to do" list of the yucky chores that keep us grounded during the weekend- mostly, the cleaning. I always feel like a million bucks if I can get the housecleaning done on Thursday evening so that Friday can be for grocery shopping and then we have two full days to spend together doing something fun with Joshua. Well, last night, we really did it.

It was 7:00 until we finished dinner, not generally a good sign since the tub time routine begins around 8:00 for our little buddy. He also decided yesterday that he didn't need a nap, so we were dealing with a two year old on crack (or at least it seemed). Instead of the weepy, fussy 2 year old that we usually get without a nap, he was running about all over the place, yelling, getting into everything (more than usual) and making us a little bit nuts. So, we decided to split up.

Joshua and I hit the bathrooms. He helped me scrub toilets, empty garbage cans, clean sinks and counters and scour the tubs. Then we dusted everywhere- Joshua's specialty. He loves dusting so much that he has his own "dusting cloth". While we did that, Jason did the kitchen and cleaned up the supper mess, ran the sweeper and swiffered the wood floors. In 1 hour we were done. House cleaned. Checked off the list. Happy Megan. Occupied Joshua. Hooray!

At the end of it all, Joshua looked at us and said, "GOOD JOB MOVERS!" He is fascinated with the new Disney show called Imagination Movers, and that's what they say to each other when they do a good job working together to solve a problem. I had to chuckle. Even Joshua recognized that we'd displayed pretty good teamwork.

This weekend we're off for a little shopping to move along our brainstorm of transforming our dining room (a total waste of space since we have never once eaten a morsel in that room) into another sitting room. We're going to do some furniture shopping to see what we're dealing with. Then, word has it Santa is making an appearance at the John Deere place on 180, so we're thinking of stopping there. I can only imagine how happy it will make Joshua---- tractors AND Santa? Then Sunday we're headed to Lewistown on a whirlwind trip to be there for Brooke's dedication. We wouldn't miss it for the world. Just pray for no measurable snow or dangerous roads......that's stress we just don't need.

Happy Friday everyone!