I'm pretty sure I have 3 kids at my house (Brian being the biggest one!)
We headed to the pool on Monday evening to celebrate another summer in the books. It actually was a bit chilly as the sun was hidden behind the clouds, but the kids had fun anyway.
Jumping off backwards into the pool
Being super silly
A little photo op - we are so spoiled having such cute kids!
We spent the weekend at birthday parties, riding bikes, playing with some toys that hadn't been played with for a long time, and enjoying our time together as a family.
Side note, we started a new parenting tactic this past week and it's been fabulous!
We have really started rewarding the kids for being good helpers at the house.
They get to earn "monies" as Maggie calls it, and we have started a little savings piggy bank for all of their hard work. They earn money every day and then the next morning we pay them their quarters. On Saturday, at the end of the week, they take 10% of their earnings to church, and then split the rest of the money 50/50 for savings and spending. Colin really wants some new fance Nerf shooter gun that costs almost $40. He is earning his way there, little by little.
We are really pleased with how the kids have been behaving and haven't had to send them to time-out for the past week. Hopefully this trend will continue...
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