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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Years ago, when I was babysitting, I would "straighten" up kitchen but kids had to put toys away.  Those were the good old days when parents treated babysitters well and did not expect maid service.  I made $7.50/Hr plus a tip and could eat anything I wanted.  [/quote]

We weren't exactly expecting maid service, but it's not that hard to go and rinse off a few dishes and put them into the dishwasher even (I had left enough room in the dishwasher for this earlier in the day), or pick up small pieces of toys that were in plastic ziploc baggies and put them back in there so they don't get lost. The 2 yr old is still learning to clean things up, and can help with her fake kitchen foods etc, putting books back in a stack next to the book bins, etc but you have to tell her to do it with you and she can't normally do the really small stuff well. Also, I went to help out with the dishes today since the mom had a huge migraine, and found the pan that the sitter used to make grilled cheese sandwiches had large black splotches stuck on it. She had burned cheese (I guess) all over the surface and didn't soak it or anything. It took me 20 minutes of gently scrubbing it (so not to scratch it) and I could only get half off and then had to leave it soaking in soapy water. This was a brand new NON-teflon coated, non-cast iron pan that now looks like people had been using it on the stove over and over again repeatedly without cleaning it! If I had done that while cooking the kids dinner, I would have at least tried to clean it soon afterwards.[/quote]

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