Chores

Chores have been a little issue around here for one of our children, so to ensure encourage our children to get their chores done I made each of them a checklist & a crafty little clipboard to clip them to, along with a pencil to check their chores off with & have daddy or me (if he isn't home) sign them off *BEFORE* their play time may begin for the day.




NEVER BEFORE, UNTIL NOW . . . has Big Daddy agreed to reward our kids for doing their chores. Not that our kids don't get rewards - just not specifically for chores. We have one child that works diligently & rarely has to be reminded, in fact this child enjoys chores. On the other hand, we have another child that only likes doing their chores when it is convenient & when they see fit. This child needs the pat on the back. So, Big Daddy has agreed to reward our kids for a job well done, a job done without having to be reminded. If at an unannounced time (1-2 weeks depending on the reward) Big Daddy will review their checklists & if they have done their chores, without a reminder, & correctly we will reward them with a surprise. It could be a soda (which is a reward in our house), a movie, a trip to the water park, a piece of gum . . . you just never know!