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Now that summer break is here, I decided it was time to reinstate the chore responsibilities for the kiddos. Last year, I made a chore list , and my intentions were to teach E and S.R. responsibility and the value of hard work, but my system was truly broken and our excitement for it lasted all of one week.  Expecting my kids to do the same things over and over again day after day was just expecting too much. I certainly don't do the same things day after day. We all need a little variety, right? So to fix my broken system, I searched on line for age appropriate chores.  It's truly amazing what little ones can do...we really don't give them enough credit. If you check my Pinterest board , you can visit the sites where I found my ideas... This particular idea came from the Martha Stewart website .  Thankfully this little project was mostly free to me. I had one sheet of magnet paper left. I printed the kids' pictures and the chores with the money value on them(in 25 cent...

Here are the bathroom printables I promised. I have wanted to use the old phrase from the back of a shampoo bottle "wash, rinse, repeat" for quite some time now, but I was waiting for the right fonts to come along. I have fallen in love with all of the chalkboard fonts available. I think they are so fun, and they look really cool.  I found exactly what I was looking for at  A Nest of Posies , and played around with the fonts until I got the prints just right. I am so excited with the results, and happy to share. They are set to print as a 5x7.  To download each print, just click on the names below. Wash Rinse Repeat Enjoy:o) To see the full bathroom reveal, click here Partying Here: Six Sister's Stuff

Last Saturday, while the hubs was hard at work in the backyard, I was wasting the day away indoors. It dawned on me that I have started SEVERAL projects over the last few months, and haven't finished ANY of them.  I decided that since hubs was working so hard, I probably should get with it, and do something myself:o) So, I finally finished the kids' bathroom. Our kids' wipe their little paws all over the walls, and leave the paw prints behind. We needed a solution where we wouldn't be using a Magic Eraser on our walls every other day. I had noticed a lot of magazines using horizontal boards as a wall treatment, and I knew that would be the perfect solution to our dilemma.  I happened to be in Lowes one day, and these boards were marked down significantly...and in my van they went!  I have gotten the hubs do so many wood working projects over the last 10 years, that he has gotten really proficient at it;o) Mad skills I tell ya. He's not a fan of miter cuts, but he di...

I told you a few weeks back that the hubs was working on some built-ins...well, he has been doing a great job on them!  Since he was in the building mood, he decided to make a console table with all the scrap MDF he had laying around to hold extra toys. We found our inspiration  Here ..there were plans, but we didn't have enough MDF to make the exact same table, so there was some improv building. The reason it's a $4 table is because I had to make a quick trip to Lowes to get one 1x3 board.  I helped a little(held things in place, painted, moral support), but he was definitely the brains behind the job:o) I'm so proud of my little handy man:o) The canvas baskets came from T.J. Maxx.  The rug is from Marshalls. I found this cute little owl and the sign at Marshall's too.  Lamps and lamp shades(clearance find) from Walmart.  And here are the beginnings of the built-ins. We recycled our entertainment center, and attached it to the wall. Then the hubs made the ...

Good Tuesday to you all. We are having a great rainy summer afternoon. This is the first time I have felt semi-normal since last Thursday. I had to have two hernias repaired in my belly button, so I am slowly recovering. Today was the first time that the kids and I were home alone, so I needed to find things that wouldn't require any heavy lifting, and that would keep us busy. Painting is always a good go-to for kids. And I haven't picked up a brush in quite some time. This morning we worked our magic on some canvas.  Here is a closer view of what I came up with...a little lamb..or sheep..whichever:o) He is perched upon the mantle for now.   After painting we made homemade ice cream in the living room with an ice cream ball. I was quite impressed with this little contraption. It actually works:o)  You can find one of these Ice Cream Balls  Here . We got lucky and found ours at a yard sale for $5...still in the box:o) After naps, we went outside just before ...

This winter has been one of the strangest I can remember. It has felt like spring most of the winter months. It's been great for the kids because they have been able to spend a lot of time playing outside with our neighbors. Yesterday, I decided I needed a break from all of the insanity that has been going on here lately...lack of sleep, and trying to catch up on that..homemakers club stuff...and then there is a certain someone's birthday coming up on Saturday as well:o) Our neighborhood is nestled in beside a river, and there is a nice paved path and picnic tables there as well. So we grabbed the wagon, some food & the dog and headed down to the river and had a wonderful little picnic. I sat back, snapped pictures, and enjoyed just watching my children...just watching:o)  E being silly, and S.R. mad because he "bonked her head."  Flowers that S.R. picked for me  Sweet smile  Throwing rocks into the river  Scosche waiting patiently as we eat in front of him:...