Chore Charts

When your 8 year old says, "That's your job!" and then cries about having to put her own laundry in the drawers after it has been folded for her, you know it is time to add a heaping helping of chores on her plate. I made chore charts for all of them today. I had wailing in the bathroom as we cleaned the first toilet together. (Mondays are now toilet cleaning days for Maggie!.) She has swished the brush around many a times before, but today was the nitty-gritty cleaning. After the last toilet--that she cleaned by herself--I came in the bathroom and she had a big grin on her face. What a great job she did! Tomorrow is bathroom counters. I don't think there will be any wailing tomorrow. (Oh, while she cleaned, she was listening to Hangin' Tough by New Kids on the Block on her mp3.)