The Hierarchy of Cups

Possibly my least favourite childcare task is managing whose turn it is to have the best thing this time.
This could be made worse by the fact that I have three girls, the elder two who are in some kind of fight to the death contest for the pinkest, frilliest, girliest objects in the world.
I really try to buy multiples of things to avoid fights but it never works out. It's like the odd sock rule. Nothing ever pairs up as it comes out of the dishwasher.

This principle is at it's worst when it comes to cups. If you want to get my girls a drink you need to remember the rules at all times.

1. Character cups trump plain colored cups.

2. Girlie characters (princesses, ponies etc.) trump boyish characters (toy story, cars etc) UNLESS we have just watched Toy Story, then those cups will beat the girlie ones - for THAT DAY ONLY.

3. There is a hierarchy of girlie characters. Disney princesses beat Dora who beats My Little Ponies who beat generic girlie icons.

4. Plain colored cups also have a hierarchy, which is in descending order:
- pink
- purple
- red
- orange
- blue
- yellow
- green

5. Bunnykins cups are only permitted when all other cups are in the dishwasher.
5a.There are 4 bunnykins cups. 3 match, one is different. It has the highest value.

6. Categories can NEVER be mixed. For example, it's forbidden to give out a character cup and a plain colored cup

7. The girl who had the highest ranking cup last time, gets the lower ranking cup this time.

Got all that? Right. Once everyone has a drink, then you can start with snacks.