It is safe to say that my car is decently messy at most times. But we usually try to clean it out on Saturdays. I figure I would rather do that than be a Nazi every time my kids leave a paper or their shoes in the car. But when I turned around to see that Navy had smuggled in an entire bag of pretzels, and that between the three kids, remnants were everywhere — they got in big trouble.
So on their own, they cleaned out and put away every single thing there was in the car. I’ve had them do this before, but they were really thorough this time. Maybe because it took them about 2 hours to do it. Or maybe when Scout said, “Mom it is like a desert out here, and I really need a drink of water”, and I replied with, “I know, it really is hot out there, and as soon as that car is spotless, you can have all the water you want”.
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When they were finished, they were to ring the doorbell, and allow me to come inspect it.
Like I said — thorough.
And at the end — as my cherry on top, they told me that they were very best friends.
I guess two hours in the beating desert sun does the trick.
Wonder what three hours would do?
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