puttin' the smack down

this is what mom always said when she was on a discipline kick or a chore kick. (and she didn't mean extra coins) basically it was whenever she wanted to take the reigns back from the six of us kids.

i've been there for a few months now.

last week i used a small wall by the garage door to hang:

scripture of the month

calendar

miles family rules and consequences (the kids had input here)

a summer schedule (very relaxed with blocks of time for certain activities.)

i started the summer closet with books, games, summer movie tickets- free popcorn shirt-$1 soda cups for harkins, bubbles, card games, etc. i still need to grab some things including the light brite a friend suggested. it's a good start.

in the laundry closet i hung:

Laundry : how to

Laundry Schedule

saturday I had alex read the how-to's to bailey while she did a load of wash.

then bailey read the next half to alex while he switched the laundry, added the dryer sheet, removed the lint, and started the dryer. i told them when the baby comes, it will be their responsibility to do the laundry while i recover. if they follow the schedule of 1 load of colors and 1 load of whites a day, they can stay on top of it.

they actually seemed to enjoy it. we'll see how long that lasts. but at lest they did it without a problem.

the family rules are going well. this is the first time i've bundled adam in with the "big kids" and held him to the same standard. i took his TV privilege away for a day last week when he hit alex for drinking the last of the o.j. the next morning he woke up and said,

hey! i have all my priviges!

and he's said it every morning since, even if they weren't taken away the day before.