10 Commandments of Leave-Ins

1. A fair system needs to be put into place to ensure equitable distribution of the "Who's turn is it to do the leave-ins?" question.

2. Leave-ins need to be done before breakfast is served. (Correct - nobody eats until the dryer is empty.)

3. Dish towels, tablecloths, and bibs (kitchen things that don't have a bin) need to be brought to the kitchen before breakfast and a parent will fold them/put them away.

4. A good faith attempt must be made to put the items in the correct bin (see "labeling clothes" below).

5. If you receive an item in your bin that does not belong to you, you must return it to the correct bin.

6. No fighting, yelling, hitting, kicking, or arguing at or with the person who made the "offensive" bin error. (A violation of this will be dealt with in the strictest of manners by The Management - Ta and Ma.)

7. Bins must be emptied and put away before Shabbos and whenever they are so full that no more items can be put into them.

8. Socks must be put into the sock graveyard when they come out of the dryer.

9. It's a big mitzvah to bring up the contents of "Ma and Ta's" bin when it's full and they are busy with doing the million other things that they do.

10. A good attitude about the leave-ins, the bins, and helping out in general, will be heavily rewarded with generous amounts of praise and compliments.


*A short note on labeling clothes:
I have labeled most items that go into the leave-ins. Yes, the underwear in my house is labeled. (Yes, even my husband's says "Ta".) Yes, that is a bit odd. Okay, very odd. You know what? Everyone gets the correct underwear, undershirts, pj's, etc. in his or her bin (98% of the time). Is this worth it? Absolutely.

So after you label your bins with every one's names, keep that Sharpie handy, and start labeling. You won't regret it.