Parents just love to share photos of their children. More often than not, the child has been coaxed into smiling for the camera or the camera happens to capture a happy moment such as a birthday party or other joyous event.
Today I’m going to do something a little different. I’m going to post photos of my children which were taken immediately after I asked them to do a chore or help around the house.
Notice that the expressions are vastly different:
And let it be known that I was not asking these precious creatures to fetch water a mile away at the village well or to gather sticks and twigs from the plains of Africa so that I could heat water to boil our daily ration of rice. I asked them to clean up their rooms, vacuum the living room or run uptown to get bread from the local grocery store.
And I was the same way as a child. The only difference was that my mother wasn’t mean enough to post my chore face on her blog.
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June 16th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
THAT was fun to see!!!!
June 17th, 2007 at 12:44 am
Jennine, I could not find a chore face photo of you. You were the sweetest little girl, always wanting to help. Even when you were two years old you climbed up on our dryer to get a can of paint down, and was painting cupboards all by yourself. You had looked at the illustration of prying the can open and you did it. When you were about 10 to 12 years old, you would take on tasks such as wallpapering the hallway. You were bold and daring, and hard work didn’t cause a chore face on you……let’s hope your kids get their eyebrows up and join in and help with a happy attitude…..Love Mom
June 17th, 2007 at 4:45 am
My favorite is Logan’s look. He’s all, “Yeah right mom - whatever.”