If You Give a Boy a Job . . .

Nicholas is always so excited to talk about the job he has each day at school that we decided to start giving him jobs at home as well.  So this week we worked together to come up with a list of chores he can do around the house and created a chore chart for the week.

From 2012 November

And it is amazing how much more agreeable (and even eager!) he is to help out when I can link it to his job of the day.

Now if only there was a "sleep through the night-er" job.  He has been up for at least an hour in the middle of the night each night this week.  And as I was typing this he came out of his room for at least the eighth time since I put him to bed 45 minutes ago.  "Mommy, I need you" shouldn't be a phrase that makes me scream inside.