the Smith fam cleans the church

Jimmy signed our family up to clean the church on the Monday 5 p.m. FHE Cleaning Crew.
only Jimmy missed the train and didn’t make it home until 5:30.
The kids knew we were supposed to do it.
So, I mustered my courage and took all 6 kids to help clean the church.
Don’t let my smile fool you…
I had a great attitude until I got in the van and heard the kids fighting and screaming at each other.
and then I was too tired to try too hard. (not a good example, I know)
But do or CRY … we were going to follow-through.

The purpose of cleaning the church (in my mind)
is to #1. Teach the children to respect the church building as a house of worship.
& #2. clean the church so it’s clean

Hannah & Abe worked independently and vacuumed and tidied the chapel.
Max, Tru, and Liza went with me & Scotty.
Boy-howdy. They fought over who dusted. So we got more dusters.
Then they fought over who got to dust what.
The fought over the floor sweeper.
Amazingly enough, nobody fought over who emptied the garbages.
haha.

But!
They did pick up the large pieces of garbage,
dust the picture frames, tables, and fire extinguisher boxes.
And then Jimmy showed up to help hold everyone together and get us in the van.
Luckily, Scotty slept in the Ergo Carrier.
Thankfully we had leftovers to enjoy for supper.
The end.

p.s. believe it or not, the kids have fantastic memories of cleaning the church already.
I guess it was good for us after all.