Merry Maids to the rescue

After almost fainting, I had to grab my camera and get a picture of this! My girls were actually cleaning - and I didn't even ask them to! Actually, "M" is a pretty good cleaner but when it comes to "A" cleaning, she becomes a major drama queen. She drops to the floor and suddenly gets so tired. Hopefully she'll outgrow this stage fast ;-)

Well, I recently learned of a new website called Handipoints. Their website says, "In addition to powerful parenting tools for Task and Goal management, Handipoints features HandiLand, a fun virtual world where kids adopt their own cartoon cat and use their points to buy clothes and gear for their cat. Great for kids from four to fourteen, Handipoints helps teach kids to be Happy, Healthy and Smart." You can actually create a chore chart at this site & as the kids do chores at home, they can check them off on-line & earn points for their virtual cat. We also decided now is a good time to start the girls on allowance so we are tying that in with their chores. We just started this today so we'll see how long this keeps up but the girls were so excited to get started. I better enjoy this while I can!

Can we have a cat?! PLEASE!!!

The girls want a pet so bad. They used to have a hermit crab until "M" forgot to give it water for about a week or possibly two. When she realized it died, she cried, "I did everything I could for that crab!" I was thinking, "Yeah, but it helps to give it water every now and then."

So now they want a cat. They have several friends that have cats so they think they need one, too. What they don't realize is that their daddy is anti-cat, actually make that anti-pet - mostly because he thinks he'll be the one that will have to take care of it.

A few nights ago, Steve went to check on the girls before he went to bed and they left us this cute note. The next day he told the girls if they show him for a LONG while that they can be responsible and keep their bedroom clean and do their chores, that he MIGHT consider letting them get a cat. "M" was so excited, she cleaned her bedroom spotless & even vacuumed it on her own! We'll see how long this keeps up!