Clear Your Dishes Update

I'm gonna get real here folks.  Remember this guy?

Um . . . EPIC FAIL!!!! The whole point was for them to remember to clear there dishes without having to be reminded. I'm still having to remind them EVERY SINGLE MEAL!!  I'm going crazy! Any suggestions as to what to do! I don't feel like it's a complicated thing to do. My latest thought is to maybe have an M & M jar and every time they clear their dishes they get an M & M. What do you think?

Clear Your Dishes Challenge

I'm sure none of you moms out there have had this problem, but I have been trying to get my kids to consistently clear their dishes for MONTHS!!! Pretty much it has turned into more of a chore and annoyance for me to remind them that often I end up just doing it myself.  So this week for family night we instituted the Clear Your Dishes Challenge.  They say that it takes 30 days to form a habit so that's how long this challenge is going to last. Here's how it's going to go.  I made these charts for each of the kids. Every time they remember to clear their dishes they get to check off a box.  There is a box for every meal.  Now 30 days is a long time to stay motivated so to keep them going every Sunday if they have all their boxes checked they'll get a special treat.  So for the first 3 weeks they'll get special treats on Sunday if all the boxes are marked.  On the final week if they have marked off every single box they get the grand prize . . . Pizza and buy a movie!  They are pretty excited!  Lets see if we can keep that excitement going and I will keep you posted on their progress. 

I also left links at the bottom of this post if you want to print them off for your kiddos and join in on the challenge.

Week 1 and 2

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B19hO5Xc4fQTSnM0blFVSl9xMzg/edit?usp=sharing

Week 3 and 4

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B19hO5Xc4fQTMXVDLXJwRUM3QVU/edit?usp=sharing