House Rules

[azurelunatic]

• Dessert comes after a meal, not before.


• There is generally no dessert from breakfast.


• No leaving toys on the couch


• The cat is not allowed on the kitchen counters.


• Saying that you have eaten a meal when you have not in order to obtain dessert results in no dessert, and a trip to the corner for lying.


• No uncovered dishes of leftovers in the refrigerator


• Respect.


• Little Fayoumis must put away all of his toys before bedtime, or lose those toys for the next day or two


• Little Fayoumis may only play the PS2 with marxdarx's permission and presence until he learns how to treat it nicely


• Little Fayoumis washes his hands and face and dumps out his shoes as soon as he comes home from school.


• Dinner for small fayoumi is at 6pm, or thereabouts.


• Bedtime for small fayoumi is at 8pm, with story reading until 8:30 or 9:00, depending.


• No cats in the West bedroom at night.


• eris_raven goes in the East bedroom at night.


• No illegal substances in the Temple, or especially around the Little Fayoumis.


• Cooperation.


• Little Fayoumis must complete his homework before getting to watch a movie or play. (However, he may get a little time to rest after school before starting homework.)


• Don't talk with your mouth full.


• Don't chew with your mouth open.


• Little Fayoumis must ask permission before going out on the porch, unless it's to dump out his shoes, which is pretty much a given is outside.

There are very definitely more, but these were the ones I could think up off the top of my head.

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[hjem.livejournal.com]

In my house, growing up, we had two rules we were expected to have memorized and be able to recite at any moment. They were:

1) I will not hit, bit, punch, shove or otherwise mutilate my brother or sister.

2) If it's a rule when Mom's looking, it's a rule when Mom's not looking.


I'm pretty sure I was the only three year old on the block who used "mutilate" with any sort of frequency.

Re: 2 rules

[azurelunatic]

Hee!

We had a couple useless rules: "Don't flick lettuce-water on your sister!" "No cats on the table!" (this, referring to my stuffed toy cat) and "Don't use the African violet as a bookmark!"

Re: 2 rules

[elance.livejournal.com]

A "useless" household rule for me growing up was "No eating tar on the beach."

Made a rule because once, I did.

Re: 2 rules

[azurelunatic]

Oh dear. Once I offered Mama's camera some mud.