Three Random things, take two…

October 30, 2008 By 3 Comments

1. I just made this for a Halloween get together we are going to:

It’s totally sinful, but looks yummy.

2. I just found out these are at our local library:

Woot! I literally cheered out loud when I saw online that these were at the library. We are going to check one out tomorrow. After watching Signing Time ABCs at least twice a day for the past two weeks, Momma’s ready for a new episode!

3. After making these with the kids today at school and seeing them posted on Betsy’s blog, I really want to make my own:

They are so pretty. Even the kiddy, spotty versions done at school were pretty.

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Money Jars…

October 29, 2008 By 2 Comments

When D3 started Kindergarten, we decided to start an allowance. He does have responsibilities and chores that he has to take care of, but we have decided to not tie those into his allowance. His responsibilities are expected and so we don’t reward him monetarily for those, just with encouraging words.

We made 3 jars for him. My Money for GOD, My Money to SAVE, and My Money to SPEND. Each week he gets his allowance and divides it between the jars. He puts 15% (just because it divides out more evenly) in the Money for God and Money to Save jars and the rest goes into Spend. The first jar that gets money each week is the Money for God jar as a way of showing that God comes first in our lives. Each Sunday, D3 gets the money from his Money for God jar and takes it to church to put in the offering plate. He has really taken great pride in this.

Surprisingly enough, D3 has not spent all of his Spend money each week. There have been $.25 pieces of gum and $1 toys from the Dollar Store, but I’ve been impressed that he tries to save up for his toy of choice right now- Star Wars action figures. We try not to give our opinion on how he should spend this money. We want him to see how far money goes and how long it takes to get to a certain dollar amount. So far he hasn’t blown his money, but doing so is also a good lesson in how money works.

I’ve also read recently that some people put a few pennies in their kid’s savings every now and again to show them that you can earn interest in your savings accounts. I really like this idea.

I love how the jar system is a great visual for D3 to learn about money. We really want to raise our kids with an understanding of how money works and how important it is to manage it well. Hopefully, this jar system is a good start.

It works for me.

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Sunday Scripture…

October 26, 2008 By 1 Comment


Photo by CarbonNYC

Broken Heart

 

“My child, never forget the things I have taught you.
      Store my commands in your heart.
 If you do this, you will live many years,
      and your life will be satisfying.
 Never let loyalty and kindness leave you!
      Tie them around your neck as a reminder.
      Write them deep within your heart.
 Then you will find favor with both God and people,
      and you will earn a good reputation.”

~ Proverbs 3:1-4

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Our Three Words…

October 25, 2008 By

Our week in three words:

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This week we have been enjoying some typical October stuff.

Nice, Cool Weather

Sat

72°F | 45°F

Sun

74°F | 45°F

Mon

65°F | 36°F

Tue

63°F | 36°F


The Pumpkin Patch
The baby and I went on a field trip to the Pumpkin Patch on Thursday.

He was not as impressed with the pumpkins as I would have hoped. I wanted him to get this little one, just his size:

He picked it up and said ‘yuck’ and threw it down. Only my kid would not care about the pumpkins at the pumpkin patch. He was way more interested in the tractor.
Here he is loving the hayride:

Harvest Carnival
Today was D3′s Harvest Carnival at his school.
The kids seemed to really enjoy it. Lots of candy, games, moonwalks and hayrides- what kid wouldn’t like it?

Here’s D3 going down the big slide. Check out those nasty socks. Ha!

On the hayride:

B in his usual spot:

B loves trucks, so he was totally fascinated by the fire truck. The fireman grabbed him and put him up in the truck and he was not too thrilled, so Dan jumped up to make things better. He tends to like things better from a distance.

Hope you all are having a nice October weekend!

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Three Random things…

October 24, 2008 By 1 Comment

1. I officially LOVE www.zappos.com .

Last night about 9:00 I was watching Oprah from earlier in the day on TiVo. Her topic was Millionaire Moguls and she had the Olsen twins and a couple of other people, but the guy that really struck me with Tony Hsieh. At 24, he sold his internet company for$265 million. A year later he became the CEO of zappos.com.

He does not have a big corner office, he works in a cubicle like everyone else and he draws a salary of $36,000/year. He had such an enthusiasm for his company and it looked like a nice place to work. He is very passionate about good customer service. Here’s the link to a clip of the show.

So, I went to check out zappos last night after I watched the show. I wanted to get D3 some crocs for Christmas, so I found them on the site (on sale for $19-woot!) and went ahead and got them. The shipping is free at zappos.com, by the way. Anyway, I wake up this morning to an email saying that they upgraded my shipping for free and over-nighted the shoes. They are out for delivery in my area right now. They really do seem to view themselves as a service company that happens to sell shoes. I’m impressed.

2. Faith is having a giveaway on her blog.


She is giving away one her cute monogrammed totes. She is very talented and makes super cute stuff! Check it out!

3. B is in love with Signing Time. I posted this past weekend that we found this show and he really likes it. Well, he is now bringing me the remote and saying “C.” The only one we have is the ABC one and he LOVES it! He sings along and says each letter with her. He’s in the other room watching it now. I’ve got to get him more since he’s watching this ABC one every day. J

Have a great weekend!!

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