- Chore Lists!!!!!!!! Addy is the only one who does not get a list. The list includes bed making, teeth brushing, room cleaning, 1 daily household chore, 2 "school periods", and 1 big chore each day. By big chore I mean cleaning the family room or the van. It has been working well (but it has only been 4 days).
- Putting away all my cute little pots and pans and bringing in the humongous pots that I used to only use when Ben's basketball team came for dinner.
- Paper Plates - bad for the environment -- GOOD for me! I am weaning myself though.
- A new cell phone that has a super easy calendar that has an alarm to remind me of everything.
- Grandpa taking over math tutoring for the 2 big kids.
- I asked for silverware for my birthday -- and I got it! 2 huge Costco packs of pretty silverware!
- Benches instead of chairs for the kitchen table.
- Water bottles instead of cups for meals and quick drinks. We keep them filled in the door of the fridge and the kids grab those instead of cups, usually.
- Colored towels... each kid has a color.
- Laundry baskets for each child to store their clothes. We got rid of all our dressers and it is going well!
- Mandatory nap time for the 4 little kids - the boys read and Ben and I work on school stuff with Marta and Joseph.
I am sure that I am forgetting a couple things, but these are just a couple of ways that we are making life work!
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