"Our daily duties"

Last night for FHE Jared got out the dry erase board and gave a lesson on duties. He first asked the kids what Mom & Dad's duties were on a daily basis. They started listing them as Jared quickly wrote them down. Then he asked what Dallin, Zach & Ellie's duties were and they listed as many as they could think of. He showed the children the list and asked how many duties they had compared to Mom & Dad's list. They were shocked at how much parents have to do. One of them said,"I'm so glad I'm just a kid." Ha, Ha! He asked them if there were some things they could take on so Mommy & Daddy wouldn't have such a long list? They all agreed to help out more and picked things to lighten our load. The lesson was effective just as we were hoping.

Today as I went to put the dry erase board away I thought it would be fun to save "our daily duties" to read again down the road. I thought to myself how these duties will change over the years and how our list may shorten as the kids list will grow.

DAD
go to work each day to earn $
care for the dog
take out the trash
keep cars cleaned
drive the boys to school or to the bus stop
drive on family trips
financing
yard work
lock doors at night & set alarm
keep everyone safe
helps D & Z get ready for church
help grandma with anything she needs
change lights & air filters
read scriptures to the family
helps with homework
elders quorum meetings
home teacher

MOM
keep house tidy
Feeds the family
makes lunches
gets e & a ready for church
does all the laundry
changes sheets
pays bills
plans b-day & holiday parties
read scriptures to the family
prepares sharing time lessons
goes to primary presidency meetings
drives kids to various activities
keeps up on her blog :)
puts children to bed
helps with homework
does E & A's hair each day
helps in kid's schools
visiting teacher
plays games with kids
bathe children

DALLIN
school
homework
football
piano
scouts
faith in god
kids chorale
read scriptures
goes to primary
cleans bedroom
promised to: help with garbage, get himself ready for church

ZACH
school
homework
goes to primary
football
kids chorale
cleans bedroom
promised to: feed & water the dog, get himself ready for church

ELLIE
school
homework
goes to primary
cleans bedroom
gets dressed by herself
promised to: clean bathroom, and not complain about wearing tennis shoes to school