Well I had a rough night sleeping. I am tired today. I was so annoyed because I felt like I was doing everything in the house-I know probably not true but thats how I felt. I implemented penny rewards. Every time the kiddos do something extra ordinary they get a penny. I put it in a jar and write down what they did. At the end of the week we will count them up and go over what they did. The kids can get something…don’t know what that something is. Maybe spending time with us, somewhere they love to go, more game time, etc. We ran to the grocery store this morning to get some snacks for play group and stuff for the pre school board meeting tonight. The kids are loving getting pennies. They voluntarily helped put the groceries away, unload the dishwasher, and clean up their toys. I was shocked. They also vacuumed. I am sure it was just fun to vacuum. But I gave them another penny. The play date overall went really well. They were earning pennies until the end. Nicole started to get a little snotty with one of her friends, saying she didn’t want to play with her, etc. Hopefully this reward thing will work. After everyone left we cleaned up and had lunch. The kids played Leapsters a bit. They hadn’t played them for a while. We played the Big Bad Wolf, I was the wolf and they were the little pigs. I kept on growling at them while they tried to leave the futon room; we were all laughing. When they got out I chased them back to the futon room. I finished baking cheesecake for tonight then let the kiddos watch some TV. I needed some quiet time. Grandma/pa came over. Nicole pretended to be a baby with grandma. Justin and I played with the car carriers. The kids had fun with grandma/pa. I made dinner. Grandma/pa played memory with the kiddos. After dinner dad played with the kiddos. We had a board meeting for pre school. It lasted for a long time.
March 4th, 2010 by melissa