Kids and Chores

Its a very lovely morning here. Has not got hot for the day yet! Its 72F right now at 8:00 a.m, Hope it stays that way for awhile.

Still have 2 young ones in bed, so its not too busy around here yet. Laundrys going and breaksfast dishes done, atleast untill the others eat!! So got a mommnet to sit and use the commputer. Yea!! Don't get alot of those mommentts, so really got to take avandage of it when I do!!

I just recenly did somthing differnet concerning chores or atleast with the dishes. Yes, no atoumatic dish whaser around here, we have the really ones!!! I had been having the boys helping with the dishes for a long time now, but was not constant about it, just once in awhile when I was really needing help to get them done fast. I would wash and they would rinse, or ocsssionly I would have my oldest wash somtimes to free to me up. I also would have all the boys help with cleaning off of the table after meals. What a big help that is!!

Anyway what I just esabilished for the dishes is a set routine with someone in charge of each meal. I do the breakfast dishes and, I put Clyaton my 7 year old in charge of lunch dishes. We all help clean up the table and have everything ready to wash, and then he washes and rinses himself . He knows its his job and he has been doing it with out a complaint!! Thats great for him because he does tend to complain somtimes on work, espesially when he thinks he might be doing more than the others!
And Nathan I have in charge of the supper dishes and we do the same for him too, help clean the table and get everything all ready to wash. I can not belive how well this is working!! They are so coppertive about it . I guess it has to do with knowing excatly whats expected of them. No arguing about whos turn it is to wash or nothing.

Soon I will get my 5 year old to take over the breakfast dishes!!! Just kidding! But he can be huge help also, and I do some times have him help rinse dishes as well as 2 1/2 year old Sarah too!! She loves it! Of course when shes done, I have to mop the floor!!

The children have other chorses they help with tooo, ones they know is theres to do, and other I ask them to help with when needed. With the other chores I do not have a good set routine with them so don't they always go quite as smooth. I will see if I can come up with some kind of plan for them also.

I am so happy with the dishes though!! If some one ask me if we have a dish washer, I will answer, "Yes, I sure do. I know the norm is one, but I have 3 dish washers, and two more being recurted"!!
Well I better get off and see what all needs to be done on this lovely morning!!!

Ya''ll have great day!!!! Mae