March 07, 2006

I’m very proud of my industrious little girls.  Emily came home from ballet and decided she need to go outside and pull some weeds from the future flower beds.  She put on some jeans, an old t-shirt and headed out the back door.  About 10 minutes later she was finished.  She was “sweaty” and couldn’t do anymore.  The little bit she did do was priceless to watch.  For her efforts, Karen gave her $2.  Ah, that’s $12/hour.  Not bad for a 5–year-old.

While her big sister was gardening, Maggie was in the kitchen whipping up some macaroni and cheese.  Not sure if she was paid for her efforts.  Might have something to do with child labor laws.  I hope the girls don’t organize and form a union.

NOTE:  The title for this post was originally “Working girls.”  After I thought about it, that wasn’t the best choice of words.  Then the post was going to be “Chores.”  Hmmm, what rhymes with “chores”?  No good.  I think “Work around the house” is innocent enough.