Organize Your Sibling Rivalry

I have a wise older sister. She’s short but she’s wise and she is the mastermind behind *Organize Your Sibling Rivalry. Well, I don’t think it has ever had an official name but I thought, with its importance in our lives, it needed its very own important sounding title. The concept of OYSR is that each child has his or her very own Week.

Let’s say it is your Week. You are the lucky winner of “You get to answer the phone!” In addition, you will receive the fabulous prize, “It’s your turn to sit in the front seat!” But that’s not all! You will also receive the following prizes.

You get to retrieve the baby from her naps!·
You get to unlock the van doors!·
You and you alone, will get to pour Mom’s water!·
You get to choose the video we rent!·
You get to push the shopping cart!·
If someone has a runny nose, you will get to wipe it! (That just slipped out. I don't think we've actually ever had a fight about who gets to wipe someone's nose but I wouldn’t be surprised if we did since the kids will fight about anything!)·
If there is a bug to squish, you will be the squish-er!·
You are the treat chooser!·
The food cutter!·
The timer setter!·
The this-er!·
The that-er!

There is really no end to the loot that you will be receiving for this extraordinary Week of your life but that still isn’t all! If, when your Week is over, it wasn't enough to bring life-long happiness to your tiny child-sized heart; you will also receive another special Week just like it in seven more days! That’s right! Every 14 days, for a Week, you will resume your rightful place as the center of the universe!

*Official Contest Rules
1. This contest is open to any children receiving food, shelter and life from the judges. Contestants who mope around the house refusing to answer the door or the telephone are excluded from this contest.
2. The prize is not redeemable for cash or pizza and must be accepted as awarded.
3. Decisions of the contest judge (Mom) are final – no substitutions will be available.
4. By claiming the prize, the winner authorizes the use of any funny or embarrassing stories and/or photographs of the winner for use in any manner or distribution which the judge deems appropriate.
5. If the winner cries, whines, throws fits or in any other way make the Judge’s life miserable when it is not their week then they may be subject to forfeiture of any and all future prize awards.

Now if that can’t cure sibling rivalry I don’t know what can but I only have two contestants of qualifying age. I don’t know how OYSR works with larger numbers who will have to wait longer between weeks. If you have twelve children then you are on your own!

Works for me!