Kids' Chores Encouragement Gifts

"I mean it! Wash the dishes or El Cucuy's going to get you!"

"In my house, 'dirty dancing' means it's time to mop the floor."

"The dryer giveth and the dryer taketh away."

The Missing Sock Returns

"I really miss being in a committed relationship, Randy." "Which part do you miss most?" "Having someone disagree with you over what you're going to eat, or over what TV shows you're going to watch? Or do you miss having to account for how you spend your time? Or having to explain why you bought yourself something awesome without first getting permission?" "Mostly I miss the back rubs. They don't ask you to wash the dishes first at massage parlors."

When laundry ruled the waves.

Neighbor Leaf Wars

Kitchen Tetris

"Looks like Harriet mixed her lights and darks again."

Woman simutaneously playing the cello and washing man in bath's back

"You get back here this minute, young man! You're not going anywhere until you clean your room!"

"For God's sake, Lucille. We're IN a vacuum."

Pest Control

'There's an app you can program to delete your trash? I've had one for years called Dave.'

'It's more festive-looking!'

'He's not here right now. He's out pumping iron.'

'I'm not going to remind you again, Harold. Now, go get the garbage and bring it in here.'

Futile Little Snow Shoveler Guy Snow Globe

'Whenever Mat gets a little over-confident, I tell him to try to fold a fitted bed sheet.'

Separation Anxiety

Child doing the washing up

Tortoise polishing his shell

"Mom said mopping up my snow tracks is a good start for my bucket list."

'Not bad. Already 17 minutes into Saturday morning before I receive my first ultimatum.'

'Harold, I told you to take out the trash!'

'Sorting the laundry is hell.'

"So what if they notice a stain? Everyone gets tummy aches. Besides, we’re conserving energy."

"I am not ‘politicizing the issue’ — I simply asked you to pick up your room!"

"You realize one of us is not coming back."

'Since it's Mother's Day, we'd like you to take the day off.'

Cinderella mopping up

"I want an instant replay of you taking out the garbage."

"The clothes looked extra dirty... so I used the whole box of detergent!"

"I told you not to leave without taking out the garbage!"

Whack-A-Chore: "You play it all day, every day, until you can't anymore."