go do your chores!

I decided I needed some motivation to get my kids to do some chores around the house. Not only chores but to bathe, get dressed, and brush their teeth without me having to walk them through each step. So I "designed" a new chore chart. I was pretty proud of my project. Reed and Blue will put plastic coins into each tin when they have finished a chore each day. At the end of the week we will exchange pretend money for real money. When I showed Reed my project he started asking me questions like "What if the money covers up the picture and we won't know what to do?" and "How are we going to know what order to do our chores?" So I had to fill one of the tins with pennies to show that he could still see the picture and then to solve the order problem we put numbers on the lids (not part of my original plan, but actually turned out pretty good). Reed seemed to be satisfied. Blue just wanted to play with the tins... magnets and compartments- what more could a three year old ask for? Notice in the pictures how Reed's chore chart is perfect rows and in order. Blue's, however, looks sorta like a random collage- just like their personalities. We will see how long the thrill of this new chore chart lasts.