olderthandirt
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My girls are like any other teenagers - they really don't want to clean up any more than they have to. However, I started a family clean-up day several years ago and, believe it or not, they do enjoy it.
We do this at least twice per year, in the spring and then in the fall. Everyone must participate, unless they are working at a real job. We get up at 8 am, have breakfast together, and then tackle cleaning up the exterior of the property. In the spring, this entails raking the lawn, fertilizing the grass, spreading any grass seed we might need, cleaning the porch, etc.
We also manage to talk a lot on these days, which is good for all of us.
We do this at least twice per year, in the spring and then in the fall. Everyone must participate, unless they are working at a real job. We get up at 8 am, have breakfast together, and then tackle cleaning up the exterior of the property. In the spring, this entails raking the lawn, fertilizing the grass, spreading any grass seed we might need, cleaning the porch, etc.
We also manage to talk a lot on these days, which is good for all of us.