About Us

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.

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Training Tuesday: Lily Makes Salad and Peter Makes a Mess

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 [...]

Training Tuesday: Photos

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.

Training Tuesday: More Training Ideas

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

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Time to Teach the Little Ones to Work

 

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.  [...]