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Blue Monday

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Barbara Harper

Smiling Sally hosts a Blue Monday in which we can post about anything blue — pretty, ugly, serious or funny — and then link up to other Blue Monday participants.

This is one of my favorite “blue” pictures:

Several years ago when we were home schooling, I had the boys more involved in the everyday housework. I had them bring their hampers from their upstairs bedrooms downstairs to the laundry room when it was time to do laundry. At some point after the clothes got dumped out, Jesse would often climb in one of the hampers while one of the other boys put another on top. It was just one of those weird but fun things that somehow got started that became part of the routine they looked forward to.

17 thoughts on “Blue Monday”

Sally on January 5, 2009 at 9:22 am said:

It’s a smart Momma who makes housework fun. Thanks for sharing. Happy Blue Monday.
JLS Hall on January 5, 2009 at 9:41 am said:

That looks like so much fun! And anything that can make doing laundry fun is a good thing. Happy Blue Monday!
Sandy on January 5, 2009 at 9:58 am said:

What a darling blue boy! Thanks for stopping by and for your congrats on our glad news. We are very excited indeed!
Ellen on January 5, 2009 at 10:02 am said:

Very sweet! What a great memory and photos to go with it!! Glad you are having fun with collages…
Susan on January 5, 2009 at 10:05 am said:

What a cutie! Brings back memories of when my kids were little!
Laura Ingalls Gunn on January 5, 2009 at 10:14 am said:

What a precious memory!
Rechelle on January 5, 2009 at 10:55 am said:

LOL! How cute! I love when the kids do silly stuff like that.
Ours do the same thing.
Thanks for sharing “your son” with us!
Enjoy your day!
Sheila on January 5, 2009 at 11:46 am said:

What a precious blue picture! This wins the prize any day!

Happy Blue Monday!

XO,

Sheila 🙂
Melissa (Missy) on January 5, 2009 at 3:19 pm said:

Now that is fun! Happy Blue Monday!
Mama Bear on January 5, 2009 at 4:04 pm said:

Love that “Blue” photo!
Sweetie on January 5, 2009 at 4:06 pm said:

I love the picture. Kids do such cute things without even trying. Happy Blue Monday!
Sweetie
Gloria on January 5, 2009 at 5:12 pm said:

This is too funny girl!! love that you made the kids do house work and make it fun…thanks for sharing hugs and smiles Gloria
Jeanne on January 5, 2009 at 7:54 pm said:

I love that photo and what a cutie smiling back at us from that basket. Kids do love boxes and things they can climb in. Thanks for sharing such a cute photo today.

Hugs…Jeanne
Melli on January 6, 2009 at 10:39 am said:

That’s so cute!!!
Tammy on January 6, 2009 at 8:26 pm said:

What ever works to get them to help out….got to make it a game!
Cute post!
Alice Teh on January 7, 2009 at 10:19 am said:

Very cute! That photo reminded me of myself sitting in big baskets and boxes. I love hiding in them…
beth on June 15, 2009 at 1:43 am said:

You have got cute kid. Nice blog