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A Brand New Entrepreneur
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A Brand New Entrepreneur

ByShawni January 22, 2025January 22, 2025

Welp, we have a brand new entrepreneur in our house. For years Lucy has pined away to have a job. Her own job where she can make her own money….

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Saturday Chores
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Saturday Chores

ByShawni November 15, 2024November 15, 2024

There is something so satisfying about Saturday chores I tell you. Especially when you finally get a weekend to really dig right in. That’s how we felt last weekend. You…

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A Summer Job Opportunity for Lucy — Hooray!
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A Summer Job Opportunity for Lucy — Hooray!

ByShawni June 13, 2024

Last year when my brother Jonah and his family came to live in the desert, he and his wife had an idea. They kept mentioning to Lucy she should come…

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Grace and friends teaching their own gymnastics class
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How to Help kids be Productive in the summertime

ByShawni June 13, 2023June 16, 2023

Summer is such an incredible time to learn and grow! So let’s talk about how to help kids be productive in the summertime.

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How to make a simple chore chart

ByShawni May 17, 2023July 27, 2024

One of my favorite parenting hacks to date involves how to make a simple chore chart. The thing I love most is that IT IS SO EASY, and seems to work wonders for my kids, even today, when they’re big. I love things that take the burden off the mom’s shoulders, and also helps kids learn some extra responsibility.

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Claire and Lucy holding up their lists of Saturday jobs that work
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Saturday jobs that work

ByShawni September 22, 2015May 17, 2023

A while back we revamped our Saturday jobs. We created job lists that outline every detail of the work to be done. These lists have worked a little magic into our lives. They have created Saturday jobs that work!

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The Magic of our New zone chart

ByShawni October 8, 2012June 10, 2024

Is there anything in the world quite as good as when you find a simple way to keep your house in order? An idea that will help limit nagging and…

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Lucy learning to work the vacuum cleaner
Parenting

Friday Q & A — getting younger kids to work

ByShawni May 4, 2012May 17, 2023

Getting younger kids to work is tricky business. Here are three ideas to get them going and have fun in the process.

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summer paint project

ByShawni June 22, 2010August 27, 2024

One of our summer projects was to paint Grace’s room. She wanted a little change from the yellow walls Lucy had for so long. And I discovered that when you…

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