however it works for your family! I put our family room and office together as one zone because those two areas don’t usually take as long to clean. I wanted 3 zones so that my 3 kids could rotate them each week, but you could put 2 kids on one zone a week OR they could all do all the zones. You can set this up however you want! I picked the main hotspots in our home that are often messy (kitchen, mudroom, family room, and office). One item on their daily list is to clean their ZONE. She has become a little tutor for him with his saxophone practice, play practice and homework. Kole is in change of trash, Ellie is in charge of folding and putting away all towels and Addison is in charge of helping me with Kole. My kids’ daily items are all the same other than one item for each child. We’ve had a lot of rain lately so the treadmill has been a backup! I usually don’t have “exercise” on this list, but added that this week because now that my kids aren’t in school and doing extra curricular activities I want to make sure they are getting outside for some fresh air and exercise. I type in the things my kids are responsible for daily and they check items off each day when they’re done. This printable is pretty easy and straightforward. ) A good friend helped me out so now I have a printable for you that I hope you LOVE! I enjoy the tech side of blogging about as much as I love cooking a casserole. They have always had to pitch in with chores, but I started this particular system with my kids right after the holidays in January and it has been working so well for us! (Pic from January of Kole working in the mudroom.) I was going to share this earlier in the year, but I wanted a printable for you all that you could type on and customize to meet your own needs and I wasn’t sure how to do that. My zone cleaning routine is how I make sure my kids are helping. I’ll share more on my cleaning routine soon. I credit that to our routines! I have a cleaning routine and so do my kids and our routines are how we keep the house looking mostly clean most of the time. Because of that I thought it would be a good time to share my Zone chore system with you all! I often get asked how I keep my house so clean and while it certainly isn’t always clean, we have definitely learned how to stay on top of the basics. )Ī big challenge a lot of us are facing is having our kids out of school (for who knows how long!). I’m supposed to stock up on favorite foods, stop driving my kids to 10 million activities and just stay home in my pjs where I can decorate and organize all day? I’m going to be living my best life!” Ha. I’m also looking forward to more time for home projects! When everything started shutting down a few days ago I sent my family a text to lighten the mood and said “so let me get this straight. I often struggle with how busy we are in general so I’m using this time to recenter, regroup and enjoy a slower pace! Less rush and more time for family. We will all face challenges in the upcoming weeks, but I’m trying to focus on the upside to this situation. Kids watch their parents to see how to respond to stressful situations like this so I’m trying to stay calm and carry on! What we are all going through is hard and my heart breaks for those who are really struggling right now. I felt like I needed to be fully present with my kids. This is such a unique time with a lot of uncertainty and at our house we are just taking it one day at a time! I took a couple of days off of my computer and social media to just be with my family and get some things set up at home over the weekend. You have all been in my thoughts and prayers this week. I hope you’re all safe and healthy and are surviving our recent events. I celebrated my birthday a week ago last Wednesday (had a great day with family and friends) and then on Thursday it felt like the world flipped upside down. You guys! How are you all doing!? What a crazy turn of events.
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