In my continuing journey through How Did I Get So Busy?: The 28-day Plan to Free Your Time, Reclaim Your Schedule, and Reconnect with What Matters Most , I was asked to write down my 5 most important priorities. These priorities are meant to guide me as I evaluate my activities as well as the items [...]
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My name is Heather and I have been the help meet to my wonderful husband, Len, for 22 years. Our children are Hope (19), Lenny (15), Lily (11), Wren (Born to heaven, 10/02), Mary (Born to heaven, 9/03), Lucy (Born to heaven, Early '04), and Peter (6). Six doggies round out our happy brood. |
“Less is better. Little things done daily are better than grand plans. Give your children lots of tiny moments. When they approach the computer turn your chair around and look them in the eye and if you find more in their eyes than on the screen get up and take them on a nature walk [...] Well today is Tuesday so that means it’s “Training Tuesday” at our house. Recently I added a job wheel (I read about it in the Complete Tightwad Gazette book I’ve been reading) to divvy up the dinner meal preparation tasks. As I’ve mentioned before, I have done a good job training my two oldest children [...] Peter learning to wipe the table after lunch: Step One: Get him away from his toys.
Step Two: Get a rag from the closet.
Step Three: Wipe the table that Mom has sprayed with vinegar and water spray.
Lily learning to set the table PROPERLY using a handy-dandy guide.
After contemplating training ideas for my littlest angels, I got to thinking that there are some things that the two oldest children and I could stand to learn as well.
Training Ideas for Lenny - Make [...]
While in Vermont, we decided not to use the dishwasher but rather to wash the dishes by hand. After an afternoon snack of popcorn, I asked my seven year old daughter, Lily, to wash up the popcorn bowls. [...] Theresia McLain shared a beautiful piece she wrote about home-schooling on the Family-Centered Learning yahoo group. She has graciously allowed me to share it with you. When people think of homeschooling they think of many different things. But for me it means TIME. Time with my children. Time for my children to spend with their siblings. [...] One of the highlights of our road-trips is the books on tape/CD that we listen to to pass the time. For this past trip, I didn’t do much preparation. I just stood in front of the shelf at the library and picked out a few that looked interesting. This method has had mixed success in [...] Well today is the day – the day we started potty training Peter!!! When I returned from an appointment this morning, two of my children had dressed up as “Potty trainers”. Funny, I didn’t know that there was a uniform for potty training??? They insisted that I take pictures for the them [...] |
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