House Rules

Well I finally did it - I followed a few other people's leads and made a house rules, chores and rewards chart for the kids...with their help! Surprisingly enough, they had several suggestions - some I used and some I didn't

Before we started, I decided to make cup cakes with all of them. While they were baking, we started the charts.

The girls have their own chores chart


and Brennan has his


and then there are the house rules that everyone must follow.


They will earn coins for doing their chores - or going above and beyond - and lose coins for breaking the house rules. After they earn so many coins they can "cash" them in for a reward.

Such concentration!

Everyone had to take a turn putting on the icing

Almost done...and ready to eat!

While we waited for our cupcakes to finish, we finalized the charts...and they added a few decorations to their chores chart. Here's hoping this will create more balance and less chaos in our house :-) Now on to those cupcakes...