Just a bit of trivia about my laundry woes. For a typical household of seven, I figure that I wash and fold every week:--98 socks (good luck keeping whose belong to whom straight, I actually use a colored dot with permanent marker on the bottom of the sock to keep them straight. Makes for easy sorting)--49 pair of underwear --49 pair of pants or shorts--49 shirts--towels and sheets for seven bodiesDid I mention that my 5 year changes no less than 3x a day? Or that my boys think it is easier to ... Read More about Laundry Tips
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Reward Points System and Home "Store"
Because we do not pay our kids for their regular chores around the house, I needed to have a system in place to help "motivate" them to do them happily and quickly. We came up with a point system. I made some point and reward cards by simply buying some home printable business cards from Office Depot. Then I downloaded the template for my Word program from the Internet. Using the template (that matched the brand of business cards I purchased) I typed in some rewards for the kids. Here are ... Read More about Reward Points System and Home "Store"
Organize Your Hair Accessories
Now that we have found a solution for organizing your girls hair bows, what are we going to do with all the little barettes, bobbers, and hair elastics you have floating around...?Use a craft box. A couple of years ago I was fed up with trying to find a matching barette or pony tail holder when I needed it. So I bought a craft organizer box and used it for our hair acessories. We have organized them according mainly to color. Absolutely one of my favorite improvements for making "girl hair ... Read More about Organize Your Hair Accessories
Kids Check Book Registers
**Updated as of 7/3/09. Now you can download documents to make your kids their very own checkbook registers! My husband and I have tried for a while to determine the best way to teach the basics of money to our children. Personally, we do not believe in giving our kids a weekly or monthly allowance. We want our kids to realize that when they are older, someone will not just hand them a sum of money each week for doing nothing. I want them to grasp the concept that if they want money, then ... Read More about Kids Check Book Registers
Summer Boredom Buster
"Mom, I'm BORED!" Has anyone heard this at your house yet this summer? I was tipped off to this fun idea by one of my readers, Letti. I liked it so much we have implemented it in our home this summer. If someone states that they are "bored" then they have to pull a slip of paper out of the Boredom Buster Jar. Then they must complete what the slip says. Most of them are small chores to help cure them of their boredom blues. But the slight twist is that I threw a few fun activities in there ... Read More about Summer Boredom Buster