Tell Count Olaf the chores you wish you could ask your DCs to do this half term - chance to win £300 voucher NOW CLOSED

[CountOlaf]

Hello, hello, hello… It is I, Count Olaf – guardian of the Baudelaire orphans Violet, Klaus and Sunny, and magnificent and respected theatre performer.

Violet is the eldest; she is followed by Klaus, and then Sunny, who is an infant. I have provided these lucky orphans with a rat-infested room - including a complementary pile of rocks at no cost to them, and shampoo that encourages tears - and I believe, therefore, that I am quite justified in asking them to do a range of minor chores for me in return.

My list includes:

• Keep the kitchen gleamingly clean
• Keep the library well dusted
• Polish the floors in the ballroom
• Hang my undergarments in the laundry room after they've washed them
• Weed, mow, and preen the gardens
• Chop wood in the back yard

Alas, these wealthy brats have been utterly spoilt! They've never done a chore in their lives, and therefore believe that I am BU to ask them to carry out such tasks - which is why, my adoring MNer fans, I wish to ask you: which chores you wish you could ask your DCs to do?

I feel your anguish having to spend more time with your DCs since it’s half term, so what chores do you wish you could ask your DCs to do during half term? Would you like your moody teenager to be able to whip up a Michelin star meal? Or your toddler to not only put away their toys, but also hoover the lounge? Whether it’s something small like wanting your DCs to do the washing up or make their own beds, or something more elaborate like wishing they would Marie Kondo your wardrobe or build you a garden retreat, tell me, Count Olaf - and I will reward one of you with a £300 voucher.

Yours most handsomely,

Count Olaf

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To get him to cook food for me would be fab, whether it would be edible would be another thing.. but in all honesty, I would just like him to tidy up after himself more, take empty wrappers and put them in the bin, put his shoes in the right place, i.e. not flung in the lounge on returning from the shops!

tidy up even if it's just their own rubbish!! No joke I ask my 6 year old DD to put her wrapper in the bin. It makes its way from the floor to a table to a kitchen side, and eventually the bin!!

Cleaning the bathroom! Its the job that I hate the most and wish someone else would do it for me!

I wish I could ask both miserly teens to get down on the floor in that despicable bathroom and painstakingly pick up all their toenails and ass fluff off that dirty floor as just once in awhile I would like to walk into their bathroom and not be afraid of contracting ebola!

To help with washing the dishes

I wish mine would bring down their own dirty dishes down before we run out, Put clothes in wash basket instead of in a heap where they were taken off and hang towels on back on rail also Change the loo roll I could go on and on lol I have 2 sons

It would be lovely if the kids could just keep their rooms tidy. That very rarely happens, but it would make my life so much easier and keep my feet from getting hurt treading over all the toys in the dark.

make breakfast....lunch and dinner. tidy the house, bathe themselves. not much really....

I just want mine to let me have a lie in! And maybe respect the 'take a toy, put a toy away' rule.

I would love for mine to keep his room tidy. Oh and to make me dinner and run me a bath! He could probably do the bath but no doubt would want to jump in himself!

Olaf,
Where do I begin? The toilet floor needs re-tiling. Years of toilet training, bad aim and general wear and tear have taken their toll. On my one pristine ceramic tiles.
The kitchen ceiling could do with. A fresh lick of paint....cooking meals for the family means it notquite as white as it once was....
The spare bedroom could do with a lick of paint, and is looking rather neglected, piled up with outgrown clothes, unplaced with toys and general unloved belongings. To be able to paint it efficiently they will first have to clear it of clutter and visit the local charity shop.
The. Bathroom grout could do with being freshened up too. Just to make it look fresh and bright again.
And if there is anything else I can think of in the meantime, I shall add it to the list - they are off for a whole week after all!
Yours in anticipation 🙂

I think I shall get my DD to do the top two things on my To Do list: renegotiating my car insurance and broadband contracts which I'm pretty sure I'm overpaying for. I'm a soppy negotiator, always too concerned about being reasonable and seeing the other parties POV. DD, OTOH is approaching Peak Teen and over-concialitory behaviour due to a need to be seen as reasonable and considerate is not a flaw she possesses. I'm pretty sure that her "determined" negotiating tactics will bring bloody BT to heel pretty quickly.

Clean their fucking artwork (Biro!!!) Off the walls!!!

To bring his rubbish downstairs and to pit his dirty washing In his washing basket,not on the floor around It

Well Count Olaf, I would like my children to sort out the garden. It needs a good tidy up and I cba haven't got time.

Also the dining room needs decorating and the bathroom needs painting.

If they would just tidy their rooms, that would be a start...

Turning clothing around the right way before it is washed! I spend so much time sorting the washing before and after it's washed. That would be my number 1 wish!

Clean the oven. I hate doing that!

Cleaning the bathroom. They create all of the mess so they should clean it up. I don't feel that I can expect them to clean the toilet though.

a simple task of getting them to clean their room, wish me luck

Just to keep his own room tidy, not much to ask is it?

I'd be eternally grateful if my LO would do the following;

• Take used cups & plates back into the kitchen - ideally wash them up too, but failing that, just placing them into the sink would be fine.

• When eating - keep chair as close to table as possible to prevent a) slipping off chair & then screaming at the unfairness of the world, but also b) spreading crumbs & associated food mess into every corner of the room.

• Whizz the vacuum round occasionally.

• Clean out the cat tray (PPE would be supplied)

• Offer a selection of hot beverages to all household member every hour, on the hour.

Much to ask?!

it has to be sorting his rugby clothes out for the wash

I would take them to the nearest retirement home and ask them to sit and read or play a board game or just talk to an 'old person' as I think youngsters often take the freedoms they have for granted and also their youth, this I would hope would show them that neither should be taken for granted.

Clean the windows here, inside and out. Three stories high and a bit young to use a ladder at age 3!