Saturday Jobs

We've been doing Saturday Jobs for almost 6 months now and it's a hit... all around! Although this does not at all replace my regular cleaning routine during the week, it sure helps!

Here's how it started: I was finding that on the weekend our house looked crazy messy and got crazy dirty. I know why. And I don't want to change the why... kids in and out, fun being had, our family in and out, Scott working on endless house projects, etc.

I found that we needed a bit of a cleaning burst on the weekend to help me feel sane.

It used to be that while everyone was having fun I was constantly picking up after them, cleaning, cooking, ugh! I was starting to hate the weekends. I wanted to have fun with them too! But I couldn't stand living in a mess. Soooo I came up with this...



Saturday Jobs! Did I already mention that it's a hit still?!

So now every Saturday we stop (at some point during our day) and do Saturday Jobs.

Here are the rules:

1. We do the jobs all together. So that means we have to wait until we're all home and all ready to contribute.

2. We have fun (cranking up the music helps)

3. We try to do the list as quickly as possible. (this helps with the fun part) We race around all silly and crazy but it's fun!

4. We pick different jobs each week so that no none gets tired of doing the same job all of the time.

5. We praise and praise the girls as we go along.

6. We pick a prize when we're all done. The prize is not something that can be bought; just some more together time.

Here's Abigail rocking it out while she's dusting!



Music cranked!



Dusting





We love Saturday Jobs!



There's always a bit of a dance party mixed in!



And when the list is done...



We take turns each week choosing a prize!







"Anna, can you read this for me?"



Last Saturday I asked the girls as a joke, "hey girls, do you want to do Saturday jobs or just go to the pool?" I was sure they'd say pool but they shouted out, "Saturday Joys!"