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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

"'If you would be well served, serve yourself.'"

That's been my motto since becoming a wife and a mother. Which is why my [almost] three-year-old doesn't clean up after herself. Why engage in an *hour long revolt over cleaning up a few blocks when I can do it myself in less than 10 seconds flat? Parenting fail. I admit it. We were in serious need of an intervention.

Enter chore chart:
Work in progress

The idea is to fill up all of the pockets to win a movie night on Saturday (complete with popcorn and octopus-shaped sour gummies). I'm not totally convinced that she understands the whole concept, but we're trying it anyway.

She's on a roll today...look, she picked out her clothes and dressed herself:



That's what Tessa's up to these days. What is Max up to, you ask? Oh, he's just busy being a little studmuffin.



You're welcome for the update.




*True story
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5 comments:

  1. sarahFebruary 1, 2011 at 5:16 PM

    he is a studmuffin! good luck on the chore chart. i remember having one when i was young and will probably use one when my little is bigger.

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  2. ErikaFebruary 1, 2011 at 8:16 PM

    love the photo of Tessa; red tights and airborn about sums it up! The chore chart is awesome and will be copied immediately for the Fallin household. Love your blog!

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  3. BrendaFebruary 1, 2011 at 9:24 PM

    Max is too darned cute! Love the flying Tessa too.

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  4. caramelchicaFebruary 2, 2011 at 11:36 AM

    If the dilemma to quickly do it myself or stand over a reluctant 3yo isn't one I recognize daily! I can picture my mom snickering now, "suckas!"

    Love the photos!

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  5. jamiFebruary 3, 2011 at 8:37 PM

    mmmm tessa in the air....i'm suddenly feeling the urge to use photoshop...

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