A big part of Andi Eigenmann's island life in Siargao involves managing a household with three kids.
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On February 25, 2023, the former actress uploaded a video that revealed how she gets her kids to perform their fair share of cleaning willfully.
Her caption read: "A productive week in our island life!
"Getting busy with weekly errands and chores while the kids are at school, how we get them involved in house chores without forcing them, simple tips and tricks in managing our home and our favorite cleaning products!"
After sending off her young ones, Keliana "Lilo" Alohi Eigenmann Alipayo and Koa Eigenmann Alipayo, to play school, Andi made some preparations for their cleaning activity.
"Now that we are cleaning, we know that we are gonna find a lot of treasure," she told viewers.
"This is something that we can tell our kids when they help us clean up: 'Oh, let's find some treasure,' and then they get to get excited kahit na it's just chores that they're doing.
"So that way, it's not hard for us to get them to learn how to clean up and do chores by themselves."
A prompt appeared on the screen with the message: "Make doing chores become fun by turning it into an exciting activity, or offering a challenge, so that kids get into helping out/ joining in!"
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A few hours before they picked up the kids from school, Andi seemed ready to pass the next steps to her hubby, Philmar Alipayo.
"I'm preparing the floor. I'm picking up all of the kalat and sweeping it para I can prepare it for Papa to mop," she shared gleefully.
"Papa is the designated mopper of the family. It's his workout."
When the kids returned home, the celebrity parents were excited to give Lilo and Koa their tasks.
Andi instructed while pointing at a custom-made alkansiya that Philmar made, "So guys, if you pick up coins on the floor and you find your treasure, you have to put it there, okay?"
The kids chimed, "Let's find it!"
Lilo and Koa were so eager to find their treasures, they swept the room clean in no time.
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Next on the agenda was the children's playroom.
Lilo put on her working hat and started helping her mom around the room, picking up clothes and items to place in a designated basket.
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"Hey Lilo, let's clean up. Clean up, clean up, we all have fun tidying up," Andi exclaimed.
While Lilo was using the broom, Andi was thrilled to use a new cleaning item in her cabinet.
"I recently purchased the best cleaning helper, cleaning product that's mostly available on the island, and that's the bunot," she stated.
"This is my latest discovery, only available in the probinsya.
"The bunot is made of coconuts. So you can use this to shine your floors, and it's free."
Bunot or coconut husks are used as scrubbing pads on flat surfaces.
Andi continued while dancing, "And while you're doing the bunot, you're also exercising."
Little Lilo joined in with a cute dance of her own, as she proceeded to sweep the area, making the chore less like work and more like a family bonding experience.
"I'm doing it," Lilo adorably exclaimed, "Ma, I'm doing it."
Andi's final tip was to think of cleaning as the necessary first step before getting to do what you really intended.
In the case of the family's ate, Ellie Eigenmann, the family worked together to assemble her study table.
Ellie planned to study, read books, draw and color on the table, which she diligently wiped clean after it was put together.
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In today's fast-paced and technology-driven world, it's easy for kids to get disconnected from the simple joys of life, such as tidying up their personal space and spending time with family.
Andi's techniques in getting her kids to work with some chores is a reminder that there's fun and satisfaction in working together as a family towards a common goal.
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