When Karina turned 5 and when Eliana was 7, Karina took over setting the table, and Eliana's chore became taking dishes out of the dishwasher. Like any novel thing, at first this was very exciting but of course as the weeks wore on, it became ... well, a chore.
Being her creative self, Eliana has been able to conscript her little brother into helping her. What's better than doing a chore yourself? Get your little brother to do it instead!
Gabriel thinks that taking dishes out of the dishwasher is just another activity or game, like stacking blocks or building a tower out of Legos. One day, while both parents were upstairs, we came down to find that Gabriel has "put dishes away" in his own style. However, many of the bowls and such are in the high cabinets where he can't reach. So he neatly stacked them on the counter, sorted by size, neatly in a line. He can be such a funny boy!
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