Question: Write two responsibilities you have at home.

1. At home I: Make my bed 5 times, I set the table 5 times, un lode dishwasher 5 times, feed the cat, help pick up 5 times, help put away londry.

2. Choose a member of your family. Write two responsibilities they have at home.

At home my: mom cleens the bath-tub, cleense the table, my mom lodes the dish-washer

At home my: dad macks diner, my dad plays cick ball we’ll my mom werks.

In case you need a translation, that last line says “my dad makes dinner; my dad plays kickball while my mom works.” I don’t think I need to tell you why I find this so excellent.

Better even than the “plays kickball while my mom works” line is the discussion we had as she was completing the questions:

[Siena writes "Dad" and pauses; looks at me.]

Mama: “What does Daddy do at home?”

Siena: “Is ‘goes on Twitter’ a responsibility?”

Mama [laughing]:  ”No, I don’t think that’s a responsibility. That’s something you do when you should be doing your responsibilities.”

Siena: “I’m going to write it anyway.”

Mama [still laughing]: “I know Daddy does that a lot, but let’s think of some other responsibilities Daddy has around the house.”

Matt [thinking of yard work and lawn-mowing]: “What do I do outside?”

Siena starts writing. My dad plays kickball while my mom works.

Awesome. Also funny? I don’t clean the bathtub that often.

Siena: Daddy, we had a sub today.
Matt: Oh yeah? A sub, huh? Was it a he or a she? Was he or she young or old?
Siena: The sub was a girl…I think she was kinda young. She was like a mom.
Matt: Uhhh, a mom, huh?
Siena: Other subs have been like grandmas.

The girls then started talking about grandmas in the back seat and all the things they do for them.