Yup, we do that too. If the kids complain (and they do ), I tell them they can swap their jobs with mine any time they like. Somehow they prefer being responsible for keeping one room tidy to keeping the rest of the house tidy. I live in hopes of them one day doing it when it needs doing, instead of when I get cross, though

I didn't know this about my coach until one of her younger students just started landing her axel consistently, but my coach gives $1 with the word "first axel" sharpied on it when a skater lands her first clean axel. She said she'd dish out $10 if they landed their double axel and $100 if any of her students ever got that triple axel.

I started with my coach when I had more of my doubles, so it didn't apply to me. All I got the day I landed my first axel was a cracked rib from falling wrong on one.

Congrats on that loop, though! Loops just seem conceptually difficult to get. There's no swinging free leg to help you into the jump, and there's no toe pick to get you off the ice. It's all about timing and feeling. It's a great accomplishment, especially for a 5 year old!

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They will. Once they hit adolescence - you will have to pick everything up and put it in a black sack once. Or even worse, tidy it up for them - how they hate that when they're old enough to value their privacy.

I do remember mine, at your daughter's age, being grounded and confined to barracks until her room was tidy. A small head poked out of the door while I was entertaining a friend: "Mummy, does my room have to be immaculate, or will just tidy do?"

These days, I have to tidy up before she comes over to visit!

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