GREAT DAY!

Last night and this morning I started reading a book titled The Children You Want with the Kids You Have by Marie Ricks.  As far as I can tell this falls right along the TJEd ideals of kindness and teaching our children how to work and in a loving way. So I have learned that I need to retrain my children. She claims that children can learn to listen the first time. Today I have implimented the first step and on Monday we will be having a Family Home Evening on the subjuct of Obedience. This works out perfect becuse this month we are focasing on Honor and we havent touched on Honoring your Father and Mother yet. Sweet! All I have to say is paciance is the name of the game.

Ricks also talks about how to train your children to work. So off to the store we went to build each child their very own cleaning kit. This will also help witht he chores thay are already doing. Their kits are now under their bathroom sink and they will be able to get to their stuff all on their own. I also picked up an apron pattern to make the boys a hopfully more manly vertion of what is on the pictures. Maybe more toolbelt langth and super hero cloth of course.

So here is Quentin cleaning kit (3 years old). He has a feather duster (for quick dusting) Magic eraser, spnge, cloths, water spray bottle and a container of Scotch Brites new non toxic sanitizer wipes.  Quentins simple cleaning jobs during the week include cleaning door knobs, adn wiping the dinning table. He will now also be helping with removing his scribbles from the wall and occasional dusting. 

Miltons Cleaning Kit (7 1/2 years old)
His kit includes cleaning gloves, cloths, feather duster, disinfectant wipes, Simple Green Cleaner (non toxic also), magic eraser sponge and a handled scrubber.

Milton is normally in charge of cleaning switch plates and dusting among many other tasks. He will also now start helping with the Bathrooms and "wall art"
Tonight I taught Milton how to scrub the tub and how to clean the sink in the bathroom. He used comet for the tub but I will not be putting that into his kit. He has a creative mind. Who would have taught he would be shouting through the house "THAT WAS AWESOME" over the excitement of scrubbing the tub. Hey, I'll take it!

My children listened to a Brite Music tape the other day about service. So off we went today to do some service. I am a member of a website called findagrave.com. Low and behold someone actually wanted a photo from our cemetery. I explained to the boys that this is service even though we are not taking food to someone and that we can do service for those we do not know. I took the boys and after walking around for an hour looking for the death year of 2008 we finally found it. The boys enjoyed the walk and we have decided to try and photograph all of the graves that have yet been added to the site. About 30 more names to find. We were extra excited to find 3 additional names today that we just happened to run across. We also had a conversation about when infants passaway. There was an entire section that was only little ones. I was able to share with Milton that the bodies are in the ground but every spirit returns to heavenly father and that all babies get to live with heavenly father forever. He said that he was crying inside but it was a good thing to be able to explain to my little growing man.