This occurred over Christmas and New's Year's. I had 30 people over my house for Christmas Eve, then had 4 relatives from out of state come stay for a week. I had a New Years' Eve party at my house and all the while did I think to delegate anything to my children? NO! Not until the dishwasher was fixed did I have an epiphany.
I realized my children were quite old enough to help in the kitchen. Since we have 3 older children I have delegated dishes (loading & unloading the dishwasher and hand washing any pots), counters (wiping all counters, table and Mark's high chair tray), and sweeping. I made the rule that the counter person had to go before the sweeping person to avoid any fights!
This has been going on for 2 months and I can not believe I was so slow to think of it. I sometimes have to help them finish if they have not finished before their extra-curricular activities. So far they have been doing a great job and I feel much relieved.
This is what I found this morning upon opening the dishwasher after Emma loaded it last night.
So I think I need to go over loading instructions again!
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I'm sorry but I am just too Type A to remember anything I wanted to say looking at that photo. Here is my confession...sometimes I go behind Clark and rearrange the dishwasher to be more "me efficient".
I can't believe you went that long without one. I might have impulsively gone out and bought a new one, one week into it. You are a patient woman.
Haha I love how she just put the bottle in there without taking it apart.
Hey, they look clean! Maybe Emma is on to something here!
Yeah, love the bottle -contents and all, steamed to acceptable cleanliness.
You make me laugh. That is totally something my kids would pull. I always get the "But I forgot how to do it" whining when they are asked to do something. How many times can one explain something so simple! Kids! :)
Thank you my dear, keep an eye out for the rest of it :)
It good to see ur blogs...
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