Accountability

<p>I have been doing weight watchers since August 9th and have lost almost 30 pounds to date. Wow! Great job you say. Well I am angry. Why you may ask? Well since December I have only lost 5 pounds. Why? I haven't been tracking, writing what I eat down. Well that is changing as of today. I am going to blog what I eat till I loose this last 25 pounds. The good, the bad and the ugly truth.

No complaining

Today our Pastor at church suggested everyone stop Complaining for Lent. She went on to say no good comes of complaining. Wow! How very true that is. We issued the same challenge to our children. Will you join us in creating a world that takes action to change the world not just point out what is wrong?

Happy 5th Birthday to Kylee

Happy Birthday to our baby girl. Hard to believe we no longer have a toddler. She is such a smiley girl. She makes us laugh everyday. We had a great Birthday party for her yesterday. It was great seeing her enjoying playing with her friends.

Day 1 - Holiday Photo Prompt - Gratitude

I am doing a Holiday Photo Prompt through Paper Coterie . Each day I receive a prompt in what to take a picture of. I thought it would be fun. Since I have figured out how to post to my blog from my phone I thought it would be fun to share. Today was Gratitude :-)

Crazy HOT Today!

Wow it was so hot here today. We decided to break out the slip n slide! The kids had a blast. Only one injury. Jade bruised her hip. I was tempted to dive on it myself but it warned against it. LOL

A lesson in Saving Money

At the beginning of the summer we decided to teach the kids a lesson about money. Each day they were given chores to do and if the completed them each day without complaining on Friday they would be rewarded with $2.00. It doesn't sound like much but with 3 kids that translates into $6.00 a week.
We started by giving each of them three jars. We labeled one savings, one charity and one spending. Each week they divided there $2.00 as follows:
$1.00 Savings
.50 Spending
.50 Charity
What amazed me is how excited they were to see there money grow. They are all making plans for there charity which is neat to hear there plans. I have heard mention taking toys to children in the hospital or giving pet toys to an animal shelter.
Check out the following links for more great ideas about teaching your children finances and other great tips.
http://www.capitalone.com/financialeducation/cbt/launcher.htm http://blog.parentbloggers.com.

Kindergarten

I can't Believe Brynn started Kindergarten today.
She was so excited. She wanted to start earlier in the week with the big kids but they didn't start till today.
She has her own sense of style. I know she is going to give them a run for there money.

A new school year has begun

Jade and Ryan started school today. I can't believe that I have a second grader and now a fourth grader. I love how excited they get to dress in there new school clothes. Everyone got out of bed without a fight and we were at school early. Of course I know this will not be everyday. LOL