Chore-chart time!!

So, I was thinking that it's high time I got my household back into some routines again. Things have been slacking somewhat, since Bethie was born, and quite frankly it drives me nuts.

I used to do a chore chart for the kiddies, and it worked really well! They loved putting stickers on their squares when they'd completed their tasks, and things just seemed to run so much more smoothly. But somewhere along the way (which happens to everyone, right?) we just stopped doing it. Possibly because Rachel kept peeling the stickers off everyone else's charts and plastering them all over hers.... gotta admit though, it was pretty cute. And the older kiddies didn't seem to mind. But still! We stopped doing it.

So this morning, I whipped up another chart. I think it's important for the kiddies to have jobs to do to help out, and even Rachel can do her jobs alongside me. After all, isn't that what training is? I shudder at the thought of my boys not knowing how to clean a toilet, or my girls having never taken the rubbish out.

Nope. That's not gonna be us.

So... this is what I came up with:

Bet ya didn't know I was an artist huh? ;-) Ok, so I had to draw them because I couldn't figure out the whole clip-art world. The dishwashers are wonky, and Jimmy's "rubbish" looks more like ladies who have been electocuted, but still...the kiddies recognised the pictures for what they were, and that's the important thing. haha.

I'll let ya know how it goes. ;-)