AWANA starts tonight and the kids are all too excited. i am returning this year after a year off, but not as cubbie director. i will be a leader this year, and i think that will be totally doable for me. besides that, the wonderful woman that took my place is fabulous with the kids and is doing a great job!!
i am excited for deacon though. for years he got to watch his siblings put on their vests and go off to AWANA while he got to go to the nursery. last year, he wanted to go to cubbies so bad that he would don the older kid's old cubbie vests and pretend he was going. tonight it will be real for him, and it will be fun to see and help him memorize scripture and earn each patch.
there has been some discussion at sbb about once a month cooking (oamc), which interests me in a big way. i have been reading up on it for the last 5 years, but have never actually done it. the thread has some good information in it and i am thinking of really trying it this time, as it would be soooo helpful to me in the coming months (esp AWANA nights), and we now have extra freezer space in our garage.
i got a new refrigerator a while ago. i chose a stainless steel whirlpool, since i already had a stainless cooktop, and i eventually wanted to switch everything over to stainless steel because i thought it looked nice. well i found out real quick how hard it is to KEEP it looking nice. it needs to wiped down each day because of the fingerprints the kids put on it daily. and it has to be cleaned with a special cleaner. i got to the point where i was yelling at the kids not to touch the refrigerator! which is silly. living in a house with 6 children who are not allowed touch the refrigerator. that was shortlived. the fridge just doesn't get wiped down everyday, maybe every other day *wink*.
jay is always telling me i need to teach the kids how to do things around the house. i don't know why this is such an issue with me. i really don't like to delegate the work, i always just do it all myself and i rarely ask anyone around here to do anything. my friend ashley told me that they need to be taught now while they are young so that they will know how to do these things when they are older. i know this, and i don't know why it is so hard for me to let go and let them do some work around here. i can already see it in camryn- she cries when i tell her to do anything just about. and they all just move from one thing to the next, not picking up after themselves because mom comes right behind them to do it. then i complain to jay about being overwhelmed, and then he says "you need to make the kids do more around here." then i give everyone little jobs- drew will take out the trash, camryn will vacuum, devyn will dust, keith and deacon will pick up the stray toys lying around the house- for about a week. i get tired of reminding everyone to do their jobs and i end up doing them myself. this is usually a cycle that goes on about every 3-4 months and then starts over. what i need is a plan, chore charts, or something. something that they can go to everyday and see what they need to do that day. i know i will have to remind them to even look at it. this manner of doing things is even evident in their school day. almost daily i have to tell them to get started on their school work- even though this is something that we have been doing for years now. but, on very rare occasions, like today, they will get up and do their schoolwork without any prompting from me at all!
so, if you are still reading this, do YOUR kids have chores? how does that work in your house? is it routine?
my kids really are good kids, and are not really lazy- i have just failed at teaching them to have a good work ethic. :(
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Oh, Lisa, I feel your pain with the chores! I do have chores for the kids, but even after literally YEARS of pretty much the same routines, I constantly have to remind (nag) them to do what they know they are supposed to do. Just recently, I was feeling overwhelmed and decided that my oldest two should be capable of doing kitchen cleanup after meals. After weeks of nagging them ad feeling like my kitchen was getting filthier and filthier, I just took it back over. I know that I should use this as training for them, but it is just SO much easier to do the work myself! Sorry, I have no real answers, but if it is any consolation, you are not alone!
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