We are getting ready for the school year...things I had planned to do for a good year now are finally coming to fruition! Everyone has a small white board with weekly chores and an associated jar with compensation beads. I can't believe how much the children are doing with some motivation and instruction!
Of course, the kiddos placed their own chore on the chart, patterned after the "chore" I gave Maya to play!
The cubbies are set up...each little crate was 1/2 off at Walmart! Woo-Hoo! There's one for each child and then 2 for instruction material!
My kitchen is my dining room, kitchen, scrap booking station, school room station, and always a playroom!
We went to see Smurfs 2 with Mimi yesterday for Connors 10th Birthday bash!!! It was so good. There was a constant theme of family and not being who you are but who you choose to be. From the step father in the mortal characters to the step father to Smurfette (Papa Smurf) and down to the wanna-be Smurfs, the theme of constantly giving love and accepting family was so strong. At one time Papa Smurf talks about how one starts to act out or lose the ability to love only when love is no longer flowing to them...oh, the wisdom of a Father!!!
This little girl laughed so hard and enjoyed the movie thoroughly!!!
Mimi wasn't fought over this time, to my surprise...but we all simply enjoyed her presence!
Lydia gladly shared popcorn with Mimi, Mini looked at me at one point and wondered if her Diet Coke was mistaken for my Dr. Pepper; I had to break the news that she was holding Lydia's medium Root Beer, and her Diet Coke was to her left! It was cute!
Here's to the theme of my entire fall now--SMURFS!!!
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