Do you believe in Fairies?

I grew up believing in the tooth fairy, my kids now believe in the tooth fairy. When I was a nanny in Boston, we went on vacation to Monhegan Island off the coast of Maine and visited Cathedral Woods and built woodland fairy houses. They were adorable and imaginative and just really cool. The rule was you had to use all 'naturally occurring' items: sea shells, twigs, leaves, rocks, sea glass etc. Fairies like that and that is who/what they are. The kids and I had fun building them, making walk ways out of stones, fences out of twigs etc. The hike through the woods was also amazing because people really went all out in trying to find the perfect location to build their home. Of course the logical side of any adult makes you roll your eyes and think 'pshaw!' But, there is always that part that makes you wonder... "What if...." Enjoy the very grainy pictures, taken in July '93, then read below for where I am going with this!

So, lately I have been wondering if perhaps there is a Laundry Fairy, or a troop of them, that sneaks in and magically does your laundry. I decided to put my wonder to the test and held off doing laundry for a week. Last Wednesday night I had the laundry completely caught up and we could actually see the laundry room floor and the kids got to enjoy one of their favorite things: coloring on the concrete laundry room floor with chalk, always great fun! Thursday and Friday I actually felt like I needed to seek out laundry just to justify doing a load for the day. Well, Friday I did the last load. By Tuesday of this week, Tom had asked me if I could please do a load of work clothes, which I needed to toss in some jeans for Harrison because he currently does not like to wear anything other than jeans to school. That same day I also did two loads of kids bedding because we had two wet beds in one morning. Tonight I am needing to do laundry for myself as well as everyone else! The drawers are getting empty! In case you ever wondered just how much laundry a family of six can generate in a week, minus a few loads: