Choo-Choo Chore Train!

All Aboard!

It's time to jump in the Choo-Choo Chore Train.

This mom has reached her full of picking up toy cars, planes, Barbies, Legos, baby bottles and dollies. I am over the nagging and the whining and the bribing my two lovely children to help pick up after themselves, put their clothes in the baskets, clean their rooms, brush their teeth... So I have drank the Cool-aid and I have jumped on the Chore Chart band wagon.

Of course I had no clue where to start.

So I consulted the expert, Pinterest.

I pinned a series of ideas.

Some very creative ideas!

And then I decided at this moment in my our lives we were (gasp) more of the someone-already-did-the-hard-work-for-you-and-it's-already-printer-friendly kind of a family. Hopefully my Pinterest membership is not revoked.

The most user friendly website I found with easy to download chore charts came from a website called, I Should Be Mopping The Floor. I loved her instantly. 

There were like 8 different styles to choose from and download. This creative gal talked about framing the sheet and using a dry erase marker each week or even laminating them... blah-blah. More work. I picked two, printed like 10 copies of each and grabbed a Sharpie and pen. 

No fancy back board or frames here. Nope. We taped them right to the closet door. 

I assume that they will be a constantly evolving work in progress.

Last night was Day 1 of the Chore Charts. The kids were super excited. Mr Blue Eye's kept wanting to "chick more boxes" and I started feeling a bit nagged. But I just kept reminding myself that as long as they think this is fun, they will work on their lists. 

It's going to be a happy week of chicking boxes!