Before all the hustle and bustle begins for the weekend, sit down with your children and talk about how to plan the weekend.  Think about how a super nanny would handle this.  How would a super nanny get the childen to cooperate and do their chores?  have a short family meeting withut any televison or distractions.  Think about what needs to be done around the house and what fun activities do you want to do together?  Then, as a family, plan out the weekend activities.  If the children have a part in the decision making process, they will more likely want to do what's asked of them.

before the meeting, the super anny part of you will have a list of tasks written down so you can ask the children two important questions:

1.  Which of these tasks are you willing to do?

2.  When are you going to have them completed?

Let them know the fun stuff starts after the tasks/chores have been completed.  If they commit to doing them, there's usually less hassle in getting them to complete their chores.  You could also include a comment about--the television, game boys and playing outside will take plae AFTER the chores have been completed.