Oh, the power of incentive!

My house is not clean.  My house is never clean.  So when a sweet friend indicated she'd like to drop by when she was going to drop her daughter off across the street, we went into hurry up mode.  Now my wonderful capable Muffin bounced into action solely because she wanted to see our friend, who we haven't seen in a year.  She did a great job of getting the visible parts of the house picked up while I worked on cleaning the floors, and she also got a batch of cookies mixed up.  She's really awesome. 

Once that was done, she took on some other task, and it was one I'd normally pay for.  When it was completed, I asked her if she'd rather have the money or have me go buy a Klondike bar (she had been eyeing them in the freezer case the day before).   She chose the Klondike bar.  Immediately First Born asked what he could do to get a Klondike bar.  I told him he could clean the island.  He did.

Well, of course Cupcake and Snickerdoodle wanted in on the action.  Since someone had spilled something in the pantry that morning, I told Snickerdoodle he could earn his by taking everything out of the pantry floor, and then Cupcake could earn hers by cleaning it up and putting everything back in an organized fashion.  She bought into it. 

The bars were very tasty indeed!

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