February 9

Isaac had a Youth Group Zoom meeting tonight so Brady did as he often does when his big bro is unavailable: he wandered around with his buddies Chub (pronounced Choob) and BearBear and tried to figure out what to do with himself.

He laid on the couch for a short time and then, much to my surprise, announced that he was going to go clean up his desk. And then he put Chub and BearBear on a chair and scampered upstairs to get to work.

And he really did do it: he came downstairs several times with armfuls of old papers and chucked them in the kitchen trash can. 

Cleaning up isn't the end-all, be-all of everything, but it sure is a blessing when my kiddos do it all on their own.