A Curry Cook

So, I have to tell you---although it is far from perfected--I like our new scheduling at home.

Our kids have always had what we call "their special day". It started when they were little and they always wanted "their turn" to sit in front (before airbags), say the prayer, go one-on-one with mom or dad to the store, etc. To settle disputes or trying to remember who had their turn last, we started having a "special day". It was easy to choose days. Our oldest has Monday, the next oldest has Tuesday and so forth. When we started we had four kids and we just considered Friday through Sunday mom and dad's days. Then we had our fifth who took over Friday and the kids assigned me to Saturday and K to Sunday.

Well, the kids our older now and we have tweaked the "Special Day" thing a bit. They may not consider it so "Special" anymore, but they still call it that, so it can't be so bad. I was getting tired of all the clean clothes in the laundry and all the laundry, several failed job charts, and feeling that my kids were getting old enough but some how didn't seem to pulling their weight around the house and I often wonder if they will make it on their own----ever! So we tweaked things. Now on their "Special Day" they do their own laundry, do the dishes, and are in charge of dinner. Dinner is the reason for this blog. If they want to make some thing they need help with, or that we do not have ingredients for, they need prior approval so I can schedule my time and do the shopping. We have had a lot of sandwiches, noodles, etc. But CE wanted Thai Curry on his day this last week. He let me know 2 days prior and I did the shopping. He helped me with every step and was very proud of his work (as was I). He liked it so well, he ate FIVE servings!

Stirring the curry...

The finish product. (It was YUMMY!)