Our Weekend “Labadami Day” Turned into Family Fun Day
Hello my dear kababayan Hivers of the bayanihive community. I hope you're all well and safe.
Weekends at home usually mean one thing for us. It’s “labadami day” or laundry day! Which I think is very usual for us Filipinos. Specially to those whose dayoff are during weekends.
Almost every Saturday morning, we wake up early to start the laundry before the sun gets too hot. It has become a little family routine that somehow turned into both a chore and a bonding moment rolled into one.
This weekend was no different, but it was extra fun because our daughter woke up early and joined us. Whenever she’s up while we’re doing the laundry, we let her wash some of her own clothes, like her tiny shirts and underwear. It’s our simple way of teaching her responsibility and helping her learn basic chores while she’s still young.
I always tell her that even though we have a washing machine, it’s still important to know how to wash clothes manually because someday, when she studies away from home, who knows if she’ll have one there?
She actually enjoys it specially it involves water. I guess children just loves water. Laundry time has become a fun bonding time for us. Our daughter especially loves playing with the soap bubbles. She blows the bubbles in her hands like it’s snow.
My husband often joins in the fun too. He teases her by splashing water her way, which of course leads to her splashing back. Before we know it, both of them are laughing and before we finished the laundry they're all wet already.
By the time we finish, they go for a bath immediately while I hang the clothes to dry. It's actually a little tiring from washing and rinsing. My back hurts a little but it's more fun with my little family at the side.
That's all for today. Thanks for reading this far. Til my next post!
Note: Lead photo is edited in Canva.
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STOPWow. Very good mommy. That's very important to teach children. She learns na plus bond pa with you and your hubby. Good thing your hubby joins you sa paglalaba. ☺️
Yes po. Most of the time we make house chores our bonding moment. Thank you for reading po.
Hello beautiful laundry girl, well that was nice that from a young age she was learning to do the laundry. My daughters learned to do laundry when they were 4-5 years old and right now they do our laundry .
We try to teach her to become responsible po talaga. So when she grows up, she can handle herself better.
The earlier you teach her,the better. She would love learning more. My 14 year's old daughter now is my right hand in our home because I teach her laundry when she was 4 years old and now that she is 14. She knows already how to cook dishes like adobo, tinola, humb, gulay, and many more. I can trust my daughters to do all the housechores.
What a very nice family bonding thru washing! Keep up the good work po! I prefer handwashing, too, rather than machine wash, ever since. I intentionally did not buy a washing machine.🤣
That's good to hear!teaching kids at a young age made them always responsible when they grow up.
It's so cute watching your little one curious about how laundry was being done.