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See this girl right here? She’s always been the life of the party. She makes things fun: She takes herself lightly: And she knows how to focus and WORK when she puts her mind to it: And that last one is why I’m here today. Because that girl up there…

I think there is so much beauty in memorization. And having to perform what you memorized in front of someone else. Growing up we memorized quotes, poems or scriptures every week right along with our jobs and “point” system (check that out HERE if you want some deliberate parenting entertainment:).…

A while back we revamped our Saturday jobs. And I’ve been meaning to share the new system ever since because it works! I’ve always been a big believer of what I call the “three P’s” of cleaning:    1) PRINT out those jobs so that kids can see what needs…

Lucy has never been super motivated by our chore/job/money system dealio.  (see HERE and HERE) She actually does her jobs and makes her bed just so every morning, but she doesn’t mark of the chart.  I guess she hasn’t been too motivated to earn money until last week when the book…

Max needs money. I mean, he’s a 16-year-old boy who has to pay for 1/2 of all his clothes and gas money (more about that here) and upcoming-I’m-sure-expensive dates.  Plus he really likes to eat at Costa Vida 🙂 So he needed a summer job like nobody’s business (thanks for…

Ok so I forgot to put in the main question I meant to on Friday so I’m putting it in here quick while Dave scrubs the Sunday dishes and the kids are laughing their heads off about something in the family room.  Here you go: I see some people have…

Did you create the bookshelves on the girls’ bedroom wall or did you buy them pre-made? {from the middle pictures in this post} I bought that thing at Pottery Barn years ago and I love it, but wouldn’t have a clue how to make it.  My sister-in-law, however, is pretty…

  Check out that good dad. Thinking about Father’s Day coming up and how lucky we are to have him… (Part one to the family dinner clean-up is back here.) I’m guest-posting today over here.  A word of warning: Naomi and her cute family including new breathtaking baby (plus her…

So, my question is… how do you keep calm in the middle of Lucy’s outbursts?  I am really struggling with my 8yr old daughter… screaming crying, kicking.. you get the picture.  I am having such a hard time keeping my patience as time goes on, mainly for the fact that…

We have Saturday morning chores. Everyone has a checklist for the things they are responsible for in their own rooms, then they also are assigned a room in the house to clean (we rotate the rooms every week). We have one daughter (6) who is sooooooo very slow at everything…