In a place not so far away, there was a desperate Mommy who was a little overwhelmed with all that she had to do that day. One huge project weighing her down was the desperate need of the floor to be mopped. She had just been given her "Piggy Bank" from her childhood by her Mom, complete with a lot of pennies. So, this desperate Mommy got creative! She went around that dirty footprint laden floor and put a penny in each square, and filled two buckets with wash water. She then called in her two fun boys (the culprits of the muddy footprints) and told them she had a game set up for them. The game had two simple rules, clean a square - then pick up the penny and put it in your bucket.
These brave little souls started with smiles and laughter, excitedly discussing what they would do with all of their riches.
They soon realized, it was a lot of work...but they didn't stop and "raced" to be the one with the most pennies. This Mommy's little heroes really worked hard, and there wasn't ONE complaint,whine or back talk
Soon the floors were sparkly clean (even a bit soggy - like a swimming pool!) and all the pennies were picked up. The desperate Mommy was a little less desperate with that job off her list, the boys were happy with a trip to the Dollar Store, and everyone was glad to know that there are 251 tiles on our floor!
And they lived happily ever after...at least until the next rain storm :)
2 comments:
Love this idea!
Brilliant!
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