Fighting over Dishes

Eric and Erin having been fighting the past month about doing dishes. The funny thing is that they are fighting over which one gets to do the dishes for dinner. Mario and I just sit back and enjoy. It started with another attempt at getting the kids to do a better job with chores. Yet another chore chart was created. Mario was very pessimistic and thought this chart would last about as long as the others...maybe a week or two. But we are going on our second month and the kids are going strong. This time is different because I pay them more than I have in the past. They each get $10 a week for chores but they only get paid twice a month (when we get paid). Eric recently made a deal that if I add $5 a week he'll babysit as often as I need him to. I didn't think that was a fair deal for him but I did decide to add the $5 for times when I just need to run a 15 or 20 minute errand. Otherwise he gets $5 for each time he babysits.

So back to dishes, on the chore chart they each are asked to do dishes 3 times in one week. I didn't assign specific nights. So they both want to get them done at the beginning of the week. I didn't raise procrastinators I guess. They call dishes early in the morning because I won't let them call them the night before.

Other chores include each washing one load of laundry, sweeping and mopping, cleaning the bathroom, cleaning out the car, dog duty, trash, vacuuming, clean room, and practice piano.

They pay their tithing and then put half into savings. I tell them they can spend their savings but only after they tell me what they are saving up for and not just a impulse buy when we are at the store. Eventually they need to add in mission, college, and car savings too. Right now they both say they want to save up for a Nintendo DSI.