Yes, I know that Jesse is not quite "little" but emptying the dishwasher sure helps out. Especially due to the extra help provided by the munchkins.Karist will hand you one piece of silverware at a time "herego" "herego" and Elli jumps in to help too. It is a job I don't like and since I have to load it with the above "Help" it is nice to have a break.
Note that some of the dishes get thrown out of the dishwasher and end up in the floor.
To those who are concerned about the kids eating off the dishes in the floor don't worry. The dishes have been washed twice...and no I don't pre-rise them when loading that is why we bought a good dishwasher for. The kids remove them as I load them and lick them...yes, it is very gross. So I am trying to out pace the kids while I load, smacking hands that approach items that I know will kill them if they ingest the aging remains of goo or whatever is on the dish. Speed and distraction is the key. Go fast, super fast, drop a semi clean item in the floor so they can hand it back to you meanwhile get the rest of it loaded in 2 minutes flat or they will die from poisonous goo.
Karist loves to "help" me vaccum too. She stands in front of the vaccume while the filtered air blows her hair. Let's just say that progress is slow and at times I seriously thing about running her over. This happens while all the kids are screaming at the tops of their lungs and all but the immobile Karist who is modeling in front of the vaccume while the wind blow through her hair are running around like crazy people.
Progress truly is made by 2 steps forward one step back... just have to be careful not to run over anyone, or back into Karist who probably has a knife she stole from the dishwasher.
