The Learning Umbrella

We’re still trying to figure out how to keep up with household chores now that I’m not in the house all the time.  Yesterday we sat down and wrote down every chore we could think of, and then divided them up.  I won’t bother listing my chores, as they are by far the longest list still, but here’s what the boys took.

DH:

take turns with me doing dinner dishes

help pick up living room every night

fold his own laundry

help clean our room and change our bedsheets

take out the trash and recycling

clean the cat litterboxes

clean the laundry room

take turns with me on mopping the kitchen floor

vacuum once a week

take turns with me mowing and weed whipping the yard

turn the compost bins

put the compost in the worm bin

feed the snake

clean the snake tank

clean the fish tank

help with garage and porch clean ups as needed

Carbon:

Clean his own room

Change his own sheets

Fold his own laundry

Wash the windows

Dust and polish furniture

vacuum once a week

Clean trash out of car

Help with garage and porch clean ups as needed

You can imagine that there are still many, many things that are left as my chores.  But, I was previously in charge of everything and no one else had any chores that I didn’t just assign them in the moment.  DH is worried that he won’t follow through on his commitment to do these chores, but I can remind him if I need to.  The huge one for me is the idea of taking turns washing the dishes!  I can say “it’s your turn”, and it won’t mean “I’ve done it the last three weeks and I’m tired and you must give me a one night break from this unending drudgery”.  Instead, it will really mean “I did it last night”.  I hope this helps.