Stains

Yesterday Craig and Shaun spent much of the morning raking leaves. While I'm grateful that Craig seems to take joy in looking after our property so well and Shaun really has fun helping his Daddy, Shaun was wearing a very nice white hoody sweater. I know, what was I thinking when I bought it?! I really have been quite diligent in making sure it gets washed right away and it's always been a non-play sweater so the cuffs have, surprisingly, remained really clean. That is, until yesterday. When Shaun came inside for lunch he commented that he was hot and wanted to take his hoody off. It was then that I saw his hands: they were BLACK from all the dirty leaves he had been picking up. His cuffs weren't much better off. I ran down to the laundry room right away to spray them and throw in a load of laundry. Late last night when the load was done I pulled out the sweater and while the stains were better, they weren't gone. I can't have him wearing such a nice sweater with grey sleeves so I sat down and used a toothbrush and more stain remover to scrub out the remaining stains then threw it in a rinse-only cycle. I am happy to say, upon examination this morning, that the stains are gone! And his sleeves have never been cleaner! Thank-you Shout!