A Shout-Out To My Awesome Daughter

I have had a pretty busy day of baking and working in the garden. I was running around trying to get the kids into bed. Hallie was helping because I was trying to feed Jaxton a bottle. She brought me Jaxton's pajama's and diaper, tucked Avery in, put Hayden's diaper on her and helped her get her pj's on, and then got all of Hayden's blankets out of the dryer.

We got all of the kids into bed and I was putting the last loaves of bread into the oven. Hallie was coloring and she looked up at me and said "mom, can I help you with something?" I told her that I was going to go finish up outside and then I was going to start cleaning up the house (to borrow a phrase from my mother, the house pretty much looked like a bomb had gone off). She told me that she was going to help me. I told her not to worry about it.

I headed outside and was out there for about 20 minutes. When I came back inside, the house was mostly cleaned up. She had made my bed and cleaned my room. She had picked up all of the toys from around the house. She straightened up and tidied the family room. When I came back inside she was sitting on the couch folding laundry and she said, "mom, I didn't want you to have to clean this all up since you have been working all day."

What kind of 7 year old does this??? She is just the most wonderful, thoughtful, sweet girl. I often forget that she is only 7 because she is such a BIG help to me. I am just the luckiest mom to have her for a daughter. She is the best! I love you Hallie.