Summer House Manager

Trying something new this summer...

I’m trying something new this summer. Gracie wanted to earn more allowance and I have a list of small projects that I’ve wanted to get done for months, so it seemed like a no brainer that we could work something out.

I hired Gracie as a House Manager for the summer. I’ve seen these pop up on my Pinterest because she and I had looked a few weeks ago for a “Mother’s Helper” description for her babysitting gigs. Turns out that a House Manager and a Mother’s Helper are very similar and the more I poked around about a House Manager, the more it made sense to offer the job to Gracie.

For $30 a week, I send Gracie a list of tasks that need to be done around the house. For me, the list combines some chores that normally fall outside of Gracie’s normal chores and some small projects or tasks that I would normally do on the weekends. For example, last week, she had to purchase a Target gift card and a hoodie from a specific university as a graduation gift for a neighbor. She had to also buy the gift bag, the card, wrap it all up, and deliver it from us. See? Nothing major, but something that has been on my to do list for a few weeks now.

Here’s how it works in my house: