Chores

The past few weeks have been full of changes for our dear little Bailey girl!  Among other things:

• Travel from California to Paraguay (with a pit-stop in Panama)
• Time change
• Instant switch from summer to winter (though it's already starting to feel like summer again in Paraguay)
• No more Graw and Pa in the morning
• No more trips to Brooklyn's house (oh how it breaks my heart when she asks if we can "go Brookey house?")
• No more talking to Abue on the phone (well, she does still, but it's all pretend now)
• Preschool

And Mom and Dad's favorite addition? CHORES!

Don't get us wrong, she's not doing anything solo at this point. In fact, her "doing" of the chores actually makes tasks take LONGER and are more work for us than they are a help. For now, at least.  But she's learning discipline and what it means to be a part of our team, team Trevino!

In the mornings she's in charge of feeding Nala, pointing out poop for us to scoop, and helping sweep up the leaves and debris in the yard.

"So heavy!!!"

We have to supervise her scooping, otherwise Nala
would probably get five or six scoops
of food instead of two!

In the afternoons she helps Daddy water the grass and has once rinsed the bubbles off the dishes as I washed them (though our small kitchen makes dish-washing a hard job for two people to do, especially when one has to stand on a chair to reach the sink!)

"No! Bailey do it!" says Miss Independent.

Evening time comes and she helps move the car back inside the fence, gives Nala her dinner, and is in charge of "setting the table" (just forks, her own sippy cup, and her own plate; nothing sharp or breakable).

Driving the car with Daddy

Pushing our fence closed

She's always been a great picker-upper of her toys, so I wouldn't call that a "chore" per-say.  And we usually clean up as we go so that the house is never a disaster at any given moment.

So far she's doing great with the added "responsibilities"and loves helping Mommy and Daddy. Soon, though, I'm going to start a sticker chart for her so that she still has motivation to work hard when the novelty of it all wears off.