We wash. we dry, we fold…
…and still the laundry pile keeps growing.
It’s starting to concern me, if (knock on wood) any of our laundry appliances should break down I fear it would only be a matter of hours before the dirty laundry would swell to proportions large enough to smother us in stale milk and pee smelling fabric.
So, please, if you don’t hear from us for a few days, if John misses work, if I miss a previously scheduled appointment, if our girls don’t show up for story time…
…send reinforcements armed with detergent because John and I will have lost the laundry war.
We will likely be trapped under a growing pile of laundry at the bottom of the stairs, but don’t worry about the children I’m sure they will be fine. Once you dig us out if you can make it through the laundry you’ll be able to find them at the top, happily changing outfits, wetting the bed and blowing out diapers.
Behind the Willows 
Identifying clean vs. dirty clothes is a life skill that should be learned at an early age. Knowing the correct number of outfits per day is as well. Good luck with the training at your house!
It’s possible they are too good at identifying dirty clothes. Clara takes off a wet shirt throws it on the ground… dirty – and she knows it. Ivy takes off her clothes and puts on a “princess dress” then helps gather up all the dirty laundry including her earlier clothes. You know the things that aren’t sundresses that are preferable to wear in January.
Oh my! I say put less back in the drawers……laundry is my nemesis.
Hmm… but where is the line between too much laundry because it builds up, and having to do laundry constantly because there are no other clothes. I shall have to ponder this…
We tend to live out of laundry baskets. Sometimes the clothes are folded and most times they are not. I try to sort them as they come out of the dryer…socks and underwear in one basket, and every elses in their own seperate basket. Thankfully our laundry is upstairs in our large bathroom hiding from anyone who may enter our house! Folding clothes is one of the last things on my list of things to do, that is if it ever gets on my list.
You’re so lucky to have your laundry where it is. Ours is crammed in our too small mudroom. The problems are that not only can you not keep anything ready to go in the laundry there (which is why it gets piled in the kitchen) if you drop anything clean on the floor it’s not clean anymore, in fact at this time of year it’s usually covered in mud!
Once upon a time I thought people where overly concerned with laundry rooms…. I have changed my opinion and take back all my bad mental thoughts I had about peoples priorities!
Jan 20th. A particularly bad day if you are bedding in the Stevens household.
10:00 Change the sheets on our bed after particularly bad diaper change (Jane). Also, changed my jeans, socks, Jane’s onesie and PJs.
11:00. Realize that Storm has peed on the mattress that had been the dog bed. Decide to burn it.
2:00. Clara pees in Ivy’s bed during naptime,sadly not realized until bed time.
8:00. Projectile vomit by Jane get’s the sheets on out bed again. Glad I didn’t wait to put the first set in the laundry.
11:57. Clara caps of the night by peeing in her bed again. Can someone please explain to me how this girl pees through a diaper twice in one day?
Tomorrow morning must go to grocery store for detergent and stain spray.
Sadly, this has me in stitches….remind me not to sleep in your beds.
Mamma told me there’d be days like this….
I like Jenny’s idea…assign everyone a basket and put their clean clothes in there. Yes, I have had laundry room envy many times.