After getting in major trouble for leaving a huge mess in their room, Scout and Icka spent about twenty minutes cleaning up. At first it was slow going, but then I told them there would be random checks to see who was helping. Once they knew there would be observation on my part, they put their rears in gear. Somehow, when they want to be, they are the best workers around. But after listening for a minute, I realized that Scout took charge. He became the head honcho, and started to rule his roost. He was still working — you know, putting one toy away at a time. But no fear, he had Icka working like a dog. And to appease me, he reported to me every time he had to come out to put something in a different room. Each time it was, “Wow mom, Icka is finally working so hard”, or “Icka is working every single second” or “Mom, Icka is a ten on a scale of one thru ten.”
Then he went in to challenge her to complete a task in ten seconds, and he did the counting. And when she did it, you would hear, ” ee er ee er sen ee er sen suh….ho hay! Do you know what that means in Chinese? Good job Icka!”
Looks like we have a task master on our hands….maybe they are studying communism at school, and Scout is the self appointed dictator.
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(Truth be told, I don’t mind a little dictating towards Icka. If that what gets her motivated….so be it.)
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