This Is Us

  We have the kids do a chore every week day.  I made a chore chart, but after a little while I think they got bored of it and didn't want to follow it anymore.  So we just let them choose which chore they wanted to do, but that got confusing and they tried to pick the same chore everyday.  Either one they didn't mind doing or one that was easy.  So the harder chores weren't getting done and then it wasn't fair to the kids who were picking last because they were always getting the "left over chore".  So I created a new chore chart.  It gives each of our kids a different chore every day, and they have to do everything in one week. In this post  Staying Organized  I talked about how we have our calendar, chore chart, school schedules, etc. all in one place.  It's our command central. In this chore chart I color coded the different chores, included when they clean the litter box, feed the chickens, and feed the cats. It's only for Monday th...

  With our family of seven we need to stay organized. With all that everyone has to do, we need some way to remember everything. This is one way we do it. This is our “command center”. We have it by our garage door so we see it all the time. There is our monthly calendar, dinner calendar, chore chart, and school calendars. I will go in more depth on each one in their own posts (although I have talked about our dinner calendars in other posts:  September 2020 Calender  and here:  How We Meal Plan ) Here it is: Here is the link to our  Chore Chart