Allow me to get gross for a minute or two.
I just found out that Sam has been using Febreze and lots of it. All on her own, Samantha has decided that it would be ok to keep wearing the same clothing (in this particular case, black capri leggings) over and over and over again without having them washed if she sprayed it with Febreze first. WHAT??!!??!
OMG! I don't even know where to start with this one. How in the world did she figure this out? It's not like Jeff, Ian or me wear our clothes multiple times without washing it. Also, at what point did it occur to her that Fabreeze would make it 'clean' again? And with a closet full of clothes, why can't she manage to pick something that hasn't been worn earlier that week?
I do all of our wash every Friday. Every single Friday without fail, all of our clothes we wore that week get cleaned. Sam knows this. She will never have to wonder when her favorite items will be washed and ready to wear again. There is no reason for her take matters in to her own hands and "Fabreeze it clean". Ugh.
Once I discovered what Sam was up to, I told a few of my friends. They were surprised by her ingenuity and her solution to wanting to wear the same items again. I don't find it smart. I find it gross. And if this is what she is capable of at 9 years old, what will her teen years be like?
Sam and I had a big talk about this and I left her room with the can of Febreze she had nearby. She no longer will have easy access to it. I hope she realizes the importance of wearing clean clothes. I told her that she doesn't want to get the reputation as 'The stinky girl'. She replied, full of attitude, "That would be MY problem". I don't see it like that at all. Her problems are my problems too. And I am nipping this problem in the bud.
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