grass stained sheets
May 22, 2009 at 5:08 PM 
at the risk of making me sound like a "real house wife" of utah...
we have a friend, demelza, who is our south african massage therapist friend. recently she came by to give the hubs and me a massage and the kids were just not content with the fact that we were getting massages and they weren't. so sweet demelza obliged and gave them each a 5 minute massage. 
the kids were all so cute and completely themselves. G climbed right up, laying her head on the rest and not moving an inch until it was over. F giggled and squirmed and only lasted about a minute, maybe it had something to do with G giggling underneath him and poking his cheeks.
little H loved pressing her face into the rest, drooling on the floor, and she HOOTED the entire time.
and dear E was giggly but loved it, trying so hard to relax. at one point, when she was finally relaxed she dreamily said to demelza, "after we get done i need to go finish the laundry."
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demelza said that's a very a common thing for women in their 30's-50's to do, using their massage time to make mental lists of everything they have to do later. but not typical of a SEVEN year old. E had decided just that day that she would do the laundry with no prompting by me. she sorted it, loaded it, and switched it over; beginning a new load each time. so impressive... but totally her own thing.
Reader Comments (6)
Wow, I want a mini-me to do my laundry too!
Hi! I've just dropped by from Betty's, and I wanted to let you know how beautiful your blog is. My daughters are 7 and 8, and they do laundry, too! With mixed results...:)
It's Alex's job to do the towels. We're out of towels a lot. :) What a great post! I would love to have a massage in my house, as would my kids. We just started going to a chiropractor and I SO look forward to the visits!
That photo of F & G is absolutely priceless. I wish I could have been there to hear their giggles...
mmmm......I love Demelza's massages. And your kidlets. Did I mention I want every single one of them?
What a great post! Your kids are such dolls - and the laundry too - perfect!!