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

-         Make [...]