Mt. Laundry

I often find tell my kids, "You wear too many clothes.  Tooooo many."  

No one says anything.  

I say, "Maybe you should just go naked."  

Actually, I am into giving options.  Every Sunday morning, when my kids are battling me on what to wear, especially Titus who only wants to wear "work" clothes & his red shiny star necklace (that is a whole other blog post), I say this, "You can wear A (what I want them to wear) or you can go naked."  They always say, "Mooooooom!" 

 The way I see it:  One cute outfit that I get to choose, once a week & less laundry.

This is just 2 or 3 days of clothes.  Look at my pile in comparison to the rest of the family & they are little people I remind you!  Brian has been out of town and that's the only reason why his is so small.  His clothes are big in size (so big my arms get sore folding them-that's a sad states of affairs and embarrassing to admit) and he wears too many of them too.  Because he teaches and coaches he accumulates two of everything everyday: socks, underwear, pants, shirts, & sometimes a pullover thrown in there.  If he plays basketball, goes jogging, or lifts weights-add another set of clothes.

 I should have taken into account the reality of my laundry abilities before I gave birth to 5 kids and married a big strong man, whose job makes him change several times a day.  

Laundry should be an Olympic sport.  That's what I 'm talking about!
Then, and only then, would I get good at it :)