bribery

Jeremiah has been hard at work

cleaning the kitchen

for the past 25 minutes or so.

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I heard clanking coming from the kitchen

and figured Brandon must have been loading the dishwasher

(Tyler and Tony are at Riverwalk

so he's the man of the house this evening)

Loading the DW is my job

but I've been sorta busy lately

so the guys

have been pitching in to do my work.

Turns out

it wasn't Brandon;

it was Jeremiah.

And if he weren't attempting to bribe me

it'd be really sweet.

See

about a half hour ago

I told the boys,

"No, you can't watch the Apple Dumpling Gang."

I was going to tell them that they could watch a short movie

but as soon as they heard the 'no'

they commenced to throwing such hollering crying fits

that

I quickly changed my mind.

About the shorter movie, that is.

After being denied

'just one more chance'

Jeremiah resorted to

attempted bribery of an unelected official.

He

(in his words)

"took initiative so mom will let me watch a movie."

what??

He's five!

He

washed the dishes, then put them in the DW.

(not properly, but still...)

He wiped off the top of the DW.

He washed the pan.

He even cleaned off the stove!

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I'm still not letting him watch a movie

but he may have just earned a new job!