More Child Labor

Since Mallory has mastered baking and housework we figured it was time to move outdoors - we started with dog grooming and lawn mowing.

She is a quick study - hopefully she'll be able to do laundry soon!

Sunday Chores

We decided that with a new baby coming, Mallory needs to start pulling her weight around here. So Sunday's chores started off with baking a banana cake.

She has a lot to learn in terms of getting the FULL amount of the ingredients into the bowl, but we're working on it. We may have "guesstimated" a little to account for some spilling.
She had no trouble when it came to "taste testing" ...

... several times.

I think she approved and the cake turned out great!

Once she finished the cake it was on to some light cleaning.

I should have warned her that smiling while cleaning will only get her signed up for more cleaning. She asked for it...