Fifty years before the twins were born; Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote, produced and arranged the song “Yakety Yak” for the Coasters. It was a number one hit in 1958. The timeless lyrics describe the listing of a kid’s household chores, the youngster’s response (yakety yak) and the parent's retort (don't talk back). The threatened punishment for not taking out the garbage and sweeping the floor in the song's humorous lyrics was "You ain't gonna rock and roll no more." Recently, we have begun grooming the boys to do chores. We have been asking them to help us pick up their toys and put them away, and their response has been surprisingly cooperative. When Benji volunteered to “take out the papers and the trash,” without being asked, we made a photo to capture this once in a lifetime occurrence.
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