Keep in mind I wrote these when I only had the two little girls :)
Tonight dinner consisted of: a hot dog, a bun, and ketchup. Here are the rules that resulted from just one meal:
1. No touching your sister during dinner (Anarosa)
Sub-rules: (this not being clear enough)
a. No poking your sister during dinner (Anarosa)
b. No biting your sister during dinner (Alana)
c. No pulling your sister's hair during dinner (Alana)
d. No grabbing your sister during dinner (Aanarosa)
2. No playing under the table at dinner (Anarosa)
3. No dipping your hair in ketchup (Anarosa)
4. No dipping your sister's hair in ketchup (Alana)
5. You must keep your food on the table during dinner (Anarosa)
6. If you want more ketchup you must ask for it, you may NOT take it off of your sister's hot dog and wipe it on your own. (Alana)
7. No throwing food, ever. (both)
8. Singing and dancing and growling are allowed at dinner if you stay in your seat (both)
9. There is absolutely no screaming or shrieking at dinner (Alana)
10. NO taking food off of your sister's plate (both)
11. No grabbing your sister's food and smashing it in half (Anarosa)
12. If your mouth is too full you may take the extra food out and put it on your plate (both) but you MAY NOT take spit-out food off of your sister's plate and eat it! (both) See rule 10.
13. If you want a drink from Mommy's cup, you must first chew and swallow the food that is in your mouth (both)
14. You may not fish the ice-cubes out of Mommy's cup with your hands because you don't like water with ice in it (Anarosa)
15. No sitting on the table during dinner (Alana)
16. No feet on the table during dinner (Alana)
17. When Mom starts counting to five, you had better JUST FINISH YOUR DINNER!!!!!!!!
