These are the daily and weekly chores for each of the kids as of May 2012.
Jordan:
Care for all animals morning and evening. Assure they have clean, fresh, full water, plenty of feed, and a clean place to live. Alert Kelsey to any repairs needed on their housing. Collect eggs every evening with Kiry and feed the cats. Be sure to wash the eggs and put the Julian Date on them!
Rubbish out to the curb on Tuesdays!
Make sure your room is cleaned!
Make your lunch for the following day on Sun-Thurs.
Dylan:
Sweep the wood floors indoors daily.
Clean and sweep the Utility Room daily.
Just before bed do any washing up that is left on the side.
Hoover Living Room and Dining Room floors on MWF.
Polish Family Room 2x per week. M&Th.
Clean out fridge once per week on Saturday.
Rubbish out of the house bins as needed (when the contents are over the top lip at all!).
Cook Tea for the family 2x per week.
Do homework for school.
Make sure your room is cleaned!
Make your lunch for the following day on Sun-Thurs.
(Priority note: Chores first, then homework, then evening chores. No reading unless afternoon chores and homework are complete!)
Kirynie:
Refill dog’s feed and water first thing every morning.
Brush teeth 2x daily.
Collect eggs and feed cats in the evening with JJ every day.
Water your cacti 1x per week on Saturday morning.
Dry dust Living Room 1x per week on Saturday morning.
Everyone will be expected to show courtesy and respect towards everyone else in the family. Failure to do so can result in loss of privileged time such as reading or computer or i-pod.
Further, all are expected to complete any additional chores without showing attitude or ignorance, and the chore will be completed fully and accurately. Responses such as cited below will be grounds for losing your privileges:
8 May 2012 – Jordan forgot to take the rubbish bins to the curb.
8 May 2012 – Boys’ bedroom was left a mess on this morning.
8 May 2012 – Dylan was asked about why there was laundry strewn all over the garden from yesterday after he and Jordan was asked to bring the laundry in. His response was, “We were only asked to bring in the laundry from on the line.”
7 May 2012 – Both boys asked to make their lunches for school in the morning, Dylan was observed making his lunch the next morning, despite having gone into the kitchen supposedly making his lunch at the time requested.
7 May 2012 – Dylan did not do the washing up in the evening.
7 May 2012 – Jordan had to be reminded that his morning chores require that he tops up fully all of the water for all of the animals because it is a desert and it gets hot and dangerous for them if they are left low or out of water.