Got Milk?

Hope used to have no problem drinking skim milk. I buy both 2% for the girls and skim for Rich and I. Lately she has refused to drink skim. Telling us it tastes funny and she hates it. I don't drink much milk so I even had Rich make sure it wasn't bad. Nope no problem. Autumn poured her a glass the other day and she informed Autumn she hates SKINNED milk and it tastes like skins so she won't drink it. Silly girl. Both Autumn and I explained it wasn't SKINNED milk. It was skim, meaning less fat and calories. She still won't touch it. She is such a nut.

I LOVE the TEMPLE

Rich and I were able to go back to the Temple last night with our ward. We haven't been back since we were sealed. With the holidays and then the Temple was closed for a while in January. I was very excited to go. Very nervous as well. I love the peace of the Temple. Love the calm spirit that washes over you as soon as you enter. It is so nice to shut the outside world out for a few hours and be so close to the Spirit and know you are in the house of the Lord. We are so blessed to have several temples close by and have the freedom and oportunity to visit any time we want. I really hope to get there every month.

Zone Defense!

We had FHE tonight to accomplish 2 things. First we want to take a small family vacation this summer. No grand plans but we will be going to Boise to spend a long weekend with my SIL Sondra! The kids will want to go to the swim park and school shop etc. Well vacations cost money and I am unwilling to just pay for it without them earning it.

We decided how much money we will need and how many months we have to earn it. We then decided the kids will do chores. We have attempted this before give them jobs, they earn allowance. They always start with a bang and end with a fizzle. They do have to do chores around here and have responsibility but we haven't been doing the allowance. Tonight that is changing.
We broke the house down into zones. Discussed what rooms go in what zones and what has to be done in that zone weekly/daily. Plus they are responsible for cleaning their rooms daily. In return they get $5.00 a week a person to add to the vacation jar that will be sitting out. If they don't do it they lose a dollar that day a privilege and get put on the wall of shame. Each zone is posted with the daily/weekly jobs that have to be done so there will be no excuse but mom... I didn't know I had to do that... Some zones are of course easier then others but each week we rotate so it is fair to everyone and with 4 zones you pretty much only have to do that job one week a month. Hope will still get the allowance but she really won't have her own zone each day she will help 1 person in their zone.

I am really excited, it teaches my kids they need to budget to save and earn for what they want. We will have an amazing vacation with Sondra and Brady (Yeah) and best of all my house will be clean without me busting my butt or yelling at them all the time. They were told they still have to be responsible if they make a snack etc, they still need to clean up after themselves instead of assuming the person who has the zone will do it for them. Here's looking forward to a new way of doing things!

Tooth

Hope had a really bad day yesterday (Sunday). She fell on the way into church and skinned her knee on the sidewalk so we put a cold cloth on it during Sacrament. Then Rich was tying a bow with a string that looked like a shoe lace and she was untying it and laughing.(I know bad in Church) then they kind of started to play tug of war, she put the string in her mouth and jerked her head back.. yep she loosened her bottom front tooth. A tooth that was not loose at all. OOPS.. My Ped is in our ward so when Sacrament got out we asked her what to do she looked at it and told us to take her to the dentist in the morning. So Rich and I took her home and the other 2 girls stayed. Once Church was over we went to Rick and Caralyns for the Super Bowl. They bought a projector and primed their wall white so we watched the Super Bowl on a huge projection screen, it was Awesome. Hope also fell again coming up our front stairs into the house... poor skinned knees.
Anyways getting off track here, I took her to the dentist today and he pulled her tooth. I was worried about her permanent tooth but he assured me her tooth coming out early would"t affect it. He said prob 4-6 mos and her permanent tooth would be in. She is fine and excited the "tooth fairy" is coming to visit. We had a conversation on the tooth fairy and I made the mistake of referring as a "him" she quickly informed me the tooth fairy was a girl. All is well, not how we planned on her losing the first tooth but oh well.

Have I done any Good in the World Today?