If I Let Them Go Outside Barefoot . . .

For those of you who don't know me, I hate cleaning but love a clean house!  I would pretty much rather do anything.  (Maybe not skydiving, or flying, or bungee jumping, anyways you get the idea.)  The problem is our tub.  Anytime I give my children a bath, it gets filthy.  I think it is because it is old and not coated with teflon or whatever they put on fancy new tubs that keeps the dirt from adhering.  I always have to scrub it soon after or else it looks like I haven't cleaned it in years.  I find this very unfortunate and therefore my children are not as clean as they should be!

I decided to write a little story to help me work through my hatred of cleaning the tub.  Here is my version of the popular book "If You Give a Mouse A Cookie".  I hope you enjoy!  I have to go clean the tub again but at least my kids are clean.

"If I Let Them Go Outside Barefoot"

If I let them go outside barefoot, they will want to dig for worms.

If they dig for worms, they will want to stand in the dirt.

If they stand in the dirt, they will get dirty toes.

If they get dirty toes, they will need to have a bath.

If they need a bath, I will have to give it to them.

If I give them a bath, the tub will get dirty.

If the tub gets dirty, I will have to scrub it.

When I scrub the tub, I will notice that the rest of the bathroom is dirty.

I will clean all of it.

After I finish cleaning the bathroom, I will want the rest of the house to be clean too.

When the rest of the house is clean, I won't want anyone to mess it up so I will send them outside.  

It is a warm day, they want to go outside barefoot.

If I let them go outside barefoot, chances are they will want to dig for worms!