I could tell that Sophie was exhausted as soon as we got home from school due to her consistent refusal to do her chores. Let me rephrase that: her chore (singular). This chore has been a part of her regular chore repertoire for the last three months. I asked her to please do the "stair duty," and after ten minutes of explaining to her that duty meant responsibility and not poop (doody), she was still not convinced to do her chore. She would stand by the stairs, cry that there was too much stuff to take up, and then flop herself on the floor because she couldn't do it. Ella so graciously offered to help her, and they did it together.
Those of you that know Sophie know that she is not the most organized person, and her keeping her room clean is a constant struggle. It just so happened that tonight I got all of the laundry done and distributed to rooms and was feeling extra productive. I went into ALL-OUT candy bribing mode offering candy to kids that put their clothes away (knowing that the odds are not in my favor for simply asking tonight due to extreme fatigue). There would even be EXTRA candy given to those kids who clean up their rooms (insert my extremely motivating teacher voice)! ;)
Sophie was P.U.M.P.E.D. She will work for chocolate. Not money. Not TV time. Chocolate. Just chocolate.
After about 30 minutes of not hearing a peep out of either of the girls (which is very unusual), I headed up the stairs with my phone camera in hand, knowing just what I was going to find.
It looks as though she tried to separate her clothes into piles, but that is as far as she got. We will try again tomorrow. :)
