I Love It When They Use Their Brains

I know they have smart little heads but I wish they would use them more often. Do you ever feel that way about your kids? My ten year old came up with this idea in a moment of brilliance or sheer frustration. Either way I was excited.

I came home from a thrift store a week ago with this wire rack that cost 50 cents. It looks like it's for holding pot lids but I thought my son could use it for a drying rack for plates or pans when he does dishes. Apparently not because he tried it for a couple days and stopped using it. Then it sat next to the sink for several more days doing nothing. Until...

Frustrated with the cutting boards that are always propped up next to the sink and always falling over, he grabbed the rack and stuck the cutting boards in it sideways. Who would have thought? It's perfect!!!

Not only does it hold the cutting boards but we can fit a couple cookie sheets in it to dry too. It's funny because I kept looking at that rack trying to figure out what to do with it but it never occurred to me to do something so simple as turn it sideways.

I used to get in trouble with teachers because I always tried to find the easiest way to sew a project or write a computer program. They didn't like it because it wasn't THEIR way. I'm open to ANY way that makes my life easier.

I always tell people, if you want to find the easiest way to do a job, just ask your kids. They are lazy enough to come up with the best ideas. And any idea that makes their job easier will make your life easier because they will work faster and have more fun with it.

Now if I could just get it through their heads that hanging their coat up when they walk in the door is easier then hunting for it later. That piece of information always seems to get lost in the vastness of their big brains.

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P.S.

My son and his big brain are learning html so he just taught me how to make a line. All you have to do is type <hr/> when you are in "Edit Html" mode. Cool! Now I'm going to be adding lines willy nilly to all my posts.