OK, it's honestly been SO long since I posted that I'm totally embarrassed and have NO idea where to start. We're having a FABULOUS summer! The weather has been wonderful for St. George in June.
Since my kids are TOTALLY into playing the computer, the Wii, and addicted to watching TV and movies, I decided I needed to make them "earn" their playing/watching time this summer. Every morning they each have 4-5 chores. In order to earn their tickets for the day, they have to complete their chores. They earn one ticket for every chore they complete, BUT they can't have their tickets unless they complete ALL their chores that day. Each ticket is worth 30 minutes of technology time. So basically, they get 2 1/2 hours a day, but when they're out of tickets, they have to earn more (by doing more chores) before they can play or watch any more. :) I also made the rule that if they are watching someone play the computer or Wii, it counts as one of their tickets!! They can go outside play with friends or sit and read a book for no tickets at all. (And there have been a couple of days a few of them have done that!) I am really loving this because a lot of days the boys do their chores, use up their time and want MORE time, so they pick chores off a master list that I created. I'm getting a lot of things done around my house and I must say, that it's the best idea I've had in a long time!