Growing up my mother use to write our chores on a paper plate. It is all I can do to eat off of a paper plate these days without cringing (mom, I'm totally making that up!) We also had the note card system on the fridge where we would sign off on dinner dishes in order for justice and fairness to prevail in our turn taking.
Often times when I would complain about doing the dishes or cleaning the bathrooms my Father, with a twinkle in his eye, would say, "This is why we had kids. . .to do all the work around here." Funny how as a kid I almost believed him. Now as an adult, I finally see the irony in that statement. Can I tell you how much time I spend cleaning up cheerios, washing tiny clothes, and wiping all sorts of something off the walls?
Eric would argue that my mother's OCD for a clean house skips a generation. Luckily her organization skills didn't. . . and I have to say I've bumped it up a notch from the 'ole paper plate routine.
The "BIG" Boys rotate their Morning, Before Dinner, and After Dinner Chores each week.
(dishwasher, setting the table, clearing the table and cleaning the dining room)
(opening the blinds, closing the binds, cleaning the kitchen)
(breakfast dishes, picking up the living room, watching warner while the rest of us our cleaning up dinner)
Often times when I would complain about doing the dishes or cleaning the bathrooms my Father, with a twinkle in his eye, would say, "This is why we had kids. . .to do all the work around here." Funny how as a kid I almost believed him. Now as an adult, I finally see the irony in that statement. Can I tell you how much time I spend cleaning up cheerios, washing tiny clothes, and wiping all sorts of something off the walls?
Eric would argue that my mother's OCD for a clean house skips a generation. Luckily her organization skills didn't. . . and I have to say I've bumped it up a notch from the 'ole paper plate routine.
The "BIG" Boys rotate their Morning, Before Dinner, and After Dinner Chores each week.
(dishwasher, setting the table, clearing the table and cleaning the dining room)
(opening the blinds, closing the binds, cleaning the kitchen)
(breakfast dishes, picking up the living room, watching warner while the rest of us our cleaning up dinner)
(putting the silverware away, cleaning up under the barstools, scripture retriever and put-er away-er)
Mom, you'd be proud that Tanner's favorite part of kitchen duty is scouring the sink each night.
Jeanna, thanks for being my inspiration on the B. Dinner and A. Dinner chore idea.
