My kids have been horrid lately. I hate to say that, but it is true. They have been fighting with each other, but most of — they are fighting me on everything single thing I ask them to do. In their defense, every single one of them is sick. And I am sick, which makes it all a little less manageable at the moment. But my mind got working, and I came up with a little chart, that so far….has worked like a dream.
It is really simple.
When they are asked to do something, if they say, “Sure Mom”, and then immediately do it, they get to move forward one spot.
If they don’t I can move them back.
Once they reach the end, they get a special date to either ice cream or donuts.
I’ll tell you what…I wish I had made this chart two weeks ago. I have little worker bees trying to do everything they can to earn their special dates! And so far, Scout has Navy beat, but she isn’t too far behind.
I love the chart.
So do my kids, but Scout didn’t like the fact that there was not a donut representing the “donut special date”, so he added one himself.
(And got caught in the act!)
It was really hard for me to say that I liked his brown scribble in the middle of my perfectly cut out ice cream cone.
But if a messy chocolate donut gets the word “sure” out of their mouths more often, I am all for it!
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