Chores (updated)

Gaby loves to help with chores, especially when I'm in a bad mood, which is a lot lately due to this nasty winter. She's such a trouble maker, but really knows how to lay on the charm and use her cuteness to weasel her way out of whatever she's gotten herself into. Oh, and she's a pathological liar. And even though I know this she convinces me almost every time that a) she didn't do it b) she did what she was told to do or c) she doesn't know how 'that' got 'there.'

Just this week she 1) went into my bathroom and stole all my make-up and tried to convince me she had no idea where it was 2) painted her fingernails RED and got it all over the train table, Lydia's beanbag chair and the entertainment center and 3) 'helped' paint our bath tub prop (future post coming) when specifically asked to not touch it while I left the room for 5 minutes in which time she managed to dump all the contents of the remaining paint, paint the tub, drip paint on the carpet, get paint all over her hands and proceed to climb on the entertainment center to find a movie, leaving pretty handprints everywhere.

Back to her chores. She usually is helpful in unloading the dishwasher. I consider this a huge triumph in parenting as my kids will help clean up in the kitchen. Not sure it balances the chaos that reigns in the rest of the house, but it's a start.

In addition to emptying the dishwasher, Gaby can also make her own lunch....

And she taught Owen what to do with the clean socks.

Oh, this is Lydia and Gaby's idea of good 'clean' fun in the tubbie.