“It’s like a Waggon!”

Today we brought an entirely new level to my 3-year-old helping with major chores.

Before today I never would have considered asking Maggie to carry a laundry basket up our stairs but today...I did. That's right, I ask a short little, 25 lb, almost 3.5-year-old to carry 3 days worth of our entire 5 member family's laundry up the stairs. And she LOVED it!

Here's how we did it:

  • I attached a simple 4ft piece of twine to on handle on our laundry basket
  • I piled the children's laundry on the landing 1/2 way up the stairs
  • Mags then fill the basket up as much as she liked (and was able to heave up the stairs) 
  • After loaded, we strung the twine across the laundry (holding in the items)

  • When it was through the other handle, Maggie then pulled it thus toting the load up the stairs
  • She ran down the hall way pulling the basket behind her yelling, "Mommy! It's like a wagon!"
  • Finally she dumped their clothes (a load at a time) into her bedroom floor where we later sorted and put it away
  • {We continued this same procedure with Matt's and my clothing to our bedroom}

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  1. Sweet big girl, helping Mommy and doesn’t really even know! 🙂 I can’t wait to see you all! Great ideas! I tagged you in some chore ideas on Pinterest. Did you see them?

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