G. O. O. B.

I made "G.O.O.B." sticks for my boys to help them feel motivated to stay in bed and go to sleep on time! (btw-G. O. O. B. stands for Get Out Of Bed). We put wiggly eyes and a furry nose on them. They are pretty funny!!
The rules go like this:
They start with 4 "G.O.O.B."s each night before bed. If they choose to get out of bed after "lights out" then they have to give up a "G.O.O.B.!" Why is this bad?
Well, each "G.O.O.B." is good for one drawing out of the "G.O.O.B." jar. This jar is filled with fun treats or priveleges (ie. ice cream cone, trip to the library, trip to park of your choice...). So...no "G.O.O.B."s left in the morning=no drawing out of the jar.
I have also let the boys choose to put a cotton ball in our "Family Activity Jar" instead of drawing from the "G.O.O.B." jar. They like this a lot!! Once our "Family Activity Jar" is full of cotton balls, we get to do the family activiy decided on. Right now we're working on a trip to Seven Peaks Water Park. :)
So, last night Marchus only used 1 "G.O.O.B."!! I was amazed. We won't mention the other two boys...they have some work to do! :) Good thing we start over everyday!!!