Is It Naptime Yet

I don’t have the girls do much.
They clear their dishes from the table after each meal.
They have to put their clothes away after I fold them.
They have to pick up whatever mess they make.
That’s pretty much it.

The other day Jon was doing dishes and the girls helped him empty the dishwasher and Lilah helped put dirty dishes in.
I use to have them help unload but often it’s easier to just do it on my own, or not interrupt them playing nicely together.

The other day I was talking to my sister Kristi and chores came up. I realized I don’t have the girls help out has much as has they could so today I decided to have them do stuff.

They loved it.

Lilah kept talking about helping and how nice it is to help others and Eden just did her own thing but had fun along the way.
I had them help wash their sheets and put new sheets on.
Then they both helped to unload the dishwasher and Lilah helped to load.
It was kinds fun having them help, though they fought over what dishes they got to put away.

So don’t have your kids do chores and then they’ll want to help later on. Though I’m sure about 5 is when this wears off.
I’m thinking I’ll do a family home evening about chores and maybe we’ll make some chart about what they can help do.

I like to do things my way so it’s a little hard for me to have them help, but I think they liked it because they like to help and because they got to spend time with me rather than just do their own thing while I did mine.

So lately Jon’s cell has been calling people. We think it started about a month ago when we got a message from my friend Barbara about receiving a call from our cell. Then it was Jon’s mom and yesterday it was me and my sister Andrea, with other random calls placed in between I’m sure. Because of the phone call Andrea overheard our very private conversation about Raisin Bran raisins having too much sugar on them. I guess Jon’s cell actually called her about 5 times. Then for some reason her phone calls can’t get through to our regular line, they get blocked, so she had to call our mom to have my mom call me and tell me to call my sister.
So if you’ve received any strange phone calls where no one says hello back it might have been Jon, not some weird stalker.
He thinks he locks the keypad, but he’s not sure. So we’re not sure if it’s the phone being weird or him, but I deleted all contacts from his cell phone so now it will be random strangers being called.