I made a list a few
months ago of stuff my kids need to learn before they move out
Values that i have
not passed down
Family history (i
totally suck at this)
Skills
Facts
Knowledge
What have i been
doing all these years???
So i started with the
obvious. My eldest and getting him to master grocery
Shopping.
With a little minimal
salary to get the motivation up
He comes home and
cleans the kitchen
Tidies pantries
Cleans our fridge
Does inventory of
what needed for home and cottage
Adds his own
assessment to my grocery list i make for recipe ingredients
Does a huge shopping
groceries and pharmacy at Walmart
Puts it all away and separates
the cottage stuff from home stuff
Makes a meal from
scratch that has to be different each week
Clean kitchen again
This week on Walmart
list were other various things kike white buttondown shirt for his dad for
choir show, dustpan, Lysol, floss, a wedding card for a friend and pasta bowls
And ... maxi pads!!
You heard me right. And
i made him ask for heavy flow! And he didn’t complain! Made me realize this
young man is growing up and probably pretty used to asking for embarrassing stuff
at the pharmacy!
I figure this is
really preparing him for real life. Lately he has said no marriage or kids ever.
Maybe the maxi pads were a tad overboard?
Next week will be
prepping meal for guests. This is really fun
I am quite sure i
will never get to the family history part as i barely listened when my parents
tried to on me
And general life
knowledge? I seemed to ignore that too
Thank goodness I am
good at delegation of stuff I hate to do myself !
