Free Printable:: Chore Chart

In a perfect world, I would be showered, my make-up would be done, and my hair would have just the right amount of volume. The kids would all leave to school with eager smiles, give me sweet kisses good-bye, and skip out the door singing, "We love you, Mother!", in English accents.

I would spend my day being domestically domestic, chirping with song as I glide from room to room dusting and spreading cheer. My house would sparkle with cleanliness and the floors surrounding my toilets would be urine free.

My kids would return from school with those same eager smiles announcing, "School was absolutely lovely today, Mother!", with those same English accents, mind you. They would put their back-packs and shoes away in an orderly fashion and then set off to do their homework. I would give them a sweet and nutritional snack, home made of course, to fill their starving little bellies.

After homework is done and put away, they would begin to help with any other house hold chores that might need getting done... setting the table, helping with dinner, emptying the dishwasher, taking out the garbage, and rubbing my feet.

And since we're on the topic of a perfect world-- my perfect world-- the 'sisters' would be perky and the 10 extra pounds of baby weight and stretch marks would disappear... and I would have the power to fly, naturally.

I think I really love my perfect world.

Unfortunately, that world I speak of- that magical, glorious place- is not real. I know, I wish it were too... especially with the sisters being perky and all. But since the world that I live in is much less than perfect and full of crazy and chaos, I've tried to come up with something to make life a little bit more manageable.

CHORE CHARTS!

Not that chore charts are a unique idea by any means, but a cute chore chart, on the other hand, is hard to find. I scoured the internet trying to find a cute free one and never had a lot of luck. So I thought, why not make my own. Two months later (because I'm awesome at procrastination) our chore charts were printed, laminated, and ready to go.

It helps to have something visual, something that the kids can see and know what's expected of them. Something that helps them feel a sense of accomplishment. It's crazy the excitement they get just by checking off one chore. They're happy. I'm happy. And life suddenly feels a little bit more organized. (for Macie, I put my art skills to work and draw her pictures of what chores she needs to do- picture of a bed for making her bed, dishes for unloading the dishwasher...etc.)

To download your free chore chart click HERE

You can add your child's name by using photoshop or probably any other editing software. If you have any problems with the download just let me know.

Since these chore charts seemed to be such a big hit with the kids, I decided to make one for the husband. It's been fantastic! You should see how giddy with excitement Nate is every time he gets to choose a sparkly sticker to put on his chart. It's priceless!

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