A friend was asking how I keep up with laundry with five boys now, and it reminded me of a funny story.

The other day, one of the boys got upset b/c someone else had on his t-shirt. The wearer defended himself, saying, “Well, it was in my pile!” So, I intervened and said, “Look, guys … I have five kids’ stuff to sort, so if I accidentally put someone else’s things in your pile, then you need to pass it back to whoever it belongs to!” lol … I guess he figured it was finders-keepers!

With white clothes, I don’t even try … I just put the basket in the living room and tell them to get theirs out and put them away, plus make a pile for mine & Daddy’s (they don’t have to fold them, just put them in a pile). When there are a few random socks left in the basket, then I make an effort to look for the owner.

I incorporated laundry hampers on the weekly chore list, so the shared bathroom is supposed to get emptied 3x/week, and towels collected twice a week. My method in the laundry room is simply to wash whatever hamper is full when I walk in there! (There’s always at least one! haha)