OK, the chore chart has been through its first morning and we're on track. As a matter of fact, Maggie cleaned out the entire kitchen cart, wiped it out, ad re-organized it so she could get her first "punch" on her card.
Brady gave the fish tank 3x as much food as it needed, but otherwise everything went well. This is even with his bus schedule moving 10 minutes earlier. AMAZING!
So- the expectations are there, they are simple to track, and everyone knows what they are ahead of time.
"Hope springs eternal in the human breast..."
The chore chart spreadsheet is here:
Click for AWESOMENESS
OH! The Punch Card "bonus list" is at THIS link
Monday, November 19, 2012
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Chore Day
I saw Pinterest yesterday.
Frankly, I hadn't been there in 3 month, though I love it.
Somehow, I got into a vortex of kids' chores lists.
Today we did chores. Everyone except the boy contributed fairly.
My contribution right now is making a chore list- it's a spreadsheet which is, to be fair, AWESOME.
The bonus part is the punch card.
The children each had birthday parties to go to this weekend, which meant I had to buy presents. Now, I understand this is part of parenting. HOWEVER, since the children don't contribute enough to household maintenance, I would like to leverage this into a benefit.
I have added a list of "punch card" items, for which the children can earn punches on an adorable business card (like the ones at the guys' haircut places, but cute) that they keep track of. When they accomplish one of the tasks on the list, they get a punch on the card. When ten punches are accumulated, they get $10.
The Girl child is thrilled, and already has 4 cards planned out.
The Boy child is skeptical.
I'm excited!
Frankly, I hadn't been there in 3 month, though I love it.
Somehow, I got into a vortex of kids' chores lists.
Today we did chores. Everyone except the boy contributed fairly.
My contribution right now is making a chore list- it's a spreadsheet which is, to be fair, AWESOME.
The bonus part is the punch card.
The children each had birthday parties to go to this weekend, which meant I had to buy presents. Now, I understand this is part of parenting. HOWEVER, since the children don't contribute enough to household maintenance, I would like to leverage this into a benefit.
I have added a list of "punch card" items, for which the children can earn punches on an adorable business card (like the ones at the guys' haircut places, but cute) that they keep track of. When they accomplish one of the tasks on the list, they get a punch on the card. When ten punches are accumulated, they get $10.
The Girl child is thrilled, and already has 4 cards planned out.
The Boy child is skeptical.
I'm excited!
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Can anyone explain?
Why is it that the clothes are such an issue for the boy?
He picks the clothes out at the store.
He has relative freedom to choose his clothes for school
EVERY
SINGLE
MORNING
SUCKS
Perfectly good clothes he chose at the store, he no longer "likes" and with a PILE of clothes in the middle of the floor, I hear "But I can't find anything I want to wear!"
AARGH!!!!
Then the yelling, the crying, and the stress. Well, actually, all that started about... almost 10 years ago. So I guess if it wasn't the clothes, it'd be something else.
On the other hand, I was reminded by a friend on facebook-
I just try remembering that. Every minute. Remember- --I-- am responsible for encouraging his creativity.
He picks the clothes out at the store.
He has relative freedom to choose his clothes for school
EVERY
SINGLE
MORNING
SUCKS
Perfectly good clothes he chose at the store, he no longer "likes" and with a PILE of clothes in the middle of the floor, I hear "But I can't find anything I want to wear!"
AARGH!!!!
Then the yelling, the crying, and the stress. Well, actually, all that started about... almost 10 years ago. So I guess if it wasn't the clothes, it'd be something else.
On the other hand, I was reminded by a friend on facebook-
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Get dressed, PLEASE!
This is the Boy's M.O.:
1) Wake Up
2) Wrap up in Star Wars Blanket
3) Wander house like zombie for 15 minutes
4) Try to get dressed in the same clothes he wore yesterday
Today, he broke the mold.
First, he came in my room to sleep because he had a bad dream. (Which wasn't a big deal because BonBon wasn't home last night.) Then he didn't want to wake up. Then instead of getting dressed he sat in his chair, "pondering" what to wear.
The Boy has this thing about wearing inappropriate clothes relative to the weather. In summer, it's his favorite hoodie and jeans. For the last 2 weeks, it has been shorts. Because, of course, it has turned from highs in the 90's to highs in the 70's. So naturally he'd want to start wearing shorts, right?
Today his choice was also a bit confounding: a long sleeve white button down dress shirt, some green cargo shorts, and electric blue tennies with yellow laces.
Yes, son. Looking good.
I did get him to change his shorts to jeans.
Must have been my lucky day.
(Recycle bin- still in the street...)
1) Wake Up
2) Wrap up in Star Wars Blanket
3) Wander house like zombie for 15 minutes
4) Try to get dressed in the same clothes he wore yesterday
Today, he broke the mold.
First, he came in my room to sleep because he had a bad dream. (Which wasn't a big deal because BonBon wasn't home last night.) Then he didn't want to wake up. Then instead of getting dressed he sat in his chair, "pondering" what to wear.
The Boy has this thing about wearing inappropriate clothes relative to the weather. In summer, it's his favorite hoodie and jeans. For the last 2 weeks, it has been shorts. Because, of course, it has turned from highs in the 90's to highs in the 70's. So naturally he'd want to start wearing shorts, right?
Today his choice was also a bit confounding: a long sleeve white button down dress shirt, some green cargo shorts, and electric blue tennies with yellow laces.
Yes, son. Looking good.
I did get him to change his shorts to jeans.
Must have been my lucky day.
(Recycle bin- still in the street...)
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