Hi ho, hi ho it's off to work they go...

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Chores. Do your kids do them? How much do you expect? How little? How well? These are the questions swirling around in my little mind. Obviously chores vary based on your child's age, maturity (or lack thereof...), what actually needs to be done or not done, etc...

I went to a mini-conference this week where the mom talked about chore management and household management and truly I'm a sucker for management anything (sigh). So I sat through a seminar or two, bought a book, and I'm working on a "set" set of chores for the kids. She has a great system that I am in the process of putting together (you can see more on the book here to get an idea on the product). Her household scheduling is amazing too, but even for me a little too much. I tend to get a wee bit sucked in and over-attentive to the schedule, so I amazingly didn't buy it (despite my sweaty palms and fast heart rate).

But I'm curious about your household. Do you have chores for your kids? How do you divvy them up? Do you pay? Don't you? I'm interested in hearing your stories and getting some input from you all, so please post away!!

There is Nothing...

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I found this quote tonight while bopping back and forth on different blogsites and websites....it seems that even in web-land I'm ADHD like...can't stay in one place for long. :)

Anyway, as I'm sitting here in bed gearing myself up for sleep - Rick is snoring (sorry, honey!). Not bad, just his little bit. And it just makes me ever so glad that he is here. Right next to me.
And snoring and all, I love him and am discovering the truth in this statement more and more each time that I do pray for him...

The Daredevil boy...

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Today I got a little glimpse into our future with Zachary. Not that every day isn't a new adventure with him. Just a new day. New fun. Just Zachary.

We took the kids for a bike ride around the cul-de-sac (and around and around...). I was riding with Kaleb in his seat and stopped to watch Zachary who is riding McKenna's old bike like a pro. As he flew across the cul-de-sac he lifted his feet up and put them on the handlebars. Where did he learn THAT? The big boy in him is just itching to get out! Not even a minute later I turned around and he had let go of the handlebars and taken his feet off the pedals and was "wheeeeeing" across the street. *sigh*

Of course, not to exclude the comical moment of the evening...Rick is trying to teach him how to use the brakes on the bike and keeps telling him to pedal backwards. Rick turned around to start talking to one of our neighbors and I kept watching Zachary. He stopped the bike with his feet, looked at Rick and said "I can do that!" He got off the bike, sat on the bike backwards and tried to pedal. Gotta love him! :)

If it doesn't move, I might tag it...

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We're having a yard sale this weekend. Right now I'm beginning to think, "What was I thinking?" I at least had the common sense to change the start time from 7am to 8am. Mainly based on the fact that Rick and I were sitting at the breakfast table and could barely see outside at 7am - too dark. I suppose it might be difficult to read prices, not trip over things, etc... at that point in the morning, huh?

It is amazing to me though how much STUFF we really have. I will be glad to get the piles of things out of my basement that I am hauling out of my closets and the deep dark crevices of my house. And yet there is still STUFF everywhere!! Too much stuff. Where do I draw the line? I know we have four kids, but seriously. Birthdays and Christmas are coming up and I'm beginning to think that if one more toy enters my house.....we just might explode

***It's Saturday afternoon now - our computer/internet service has been down the last few days, so I wasn't able to finish posting. The yard sale is complete...we sold quite a bit, but yard sales really amaze me in some ways. What is it that makes someone pick up something and not another? :) I'm not defending my stuff, but... it's comical to me when you watch someone look at something, pick it up, ponder it in their mind - and then put it down - when it's 50 cent item...or they put it down without ever asking if you'd take less.

Or the items you think - wow! this is such a great deal - and not one person even gives it a second glance....hmmmm... just interesting to me. :) So, it does appear that Rick will be able to purchase a chain saw now - yeah for the boy toy. Of course we still have to buy all the safety equipment to go along - just so he can keep all his body pieces in their places and not leave them lying in the woods somewhere... hee hee...

On another note, our lack of tv/internet for 2 days has shown me (sadly) how much I use the computer and rely on it for just the littlest things...weather, hearing from friends, just to "veg out" for a minute. Turns out some cable in our backyard underground is bad - good thing for us is we don't have to pay for them to fix it (YEAH!!!) and they were nice enough to run a temporary cable line for us since it will take 2 weeks to fix. Deep sigh of relief. So...I'll be back soon and blogging more over the next few days I'm sure.

Momsense Full Version

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Here is the video link again. Go figure. Mine gets pulled and there are 10 other of the same on youtube.

Total Momsense

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Just a fun video clip to watch. How many of these have you heard come out of your mouth? :)