the coveted toilet chore

Summer break started last week, and so did our summer chore chart. We sat down last Sunday night and handed each child his/her chore chart. We talked through each child's responsibilities, and we had a most unusual and unexpected response. We started with the youngest and went over Emma's chores...things like watering flowers, sweeping the balcony, and making her bed. With each child, the chores became a little more complex. Last but not least we came to David's chores. One of his chores was scrubbing the toilets. When Abby and Annie heard that David got this responsibility, they said, "No fair! I wanted to do that! Why does David get to scrub the toilets? Why can't we do that?" Since Emma saw that this was a coveted job, she began to beg to scrub the toilets as well. Mike and I were completely bewildered. We quickly reassured the girls that we would switch the chores around every couple of weeks so everyone got a chance to scrub the toilets. This made everyone very happy. I'm still perplexed!