Comments on: WFMW - Life Skills

By: Makeshift Mama

Makeshift Mama — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:02:42 +0000

Great idea - I’ll have to remember this for when my daughters are a little older! Thanks, and thanks for visiting Makeshift Mama! I was actually just thinking that I needed to take pictures of the whole banana bread making process and post it. I love my banana bread recipe because, not only is it fabulous, but it’s very healthy - whole wheat flour, yogurt or applesauce, flaxseed meal… Every Tuesday, I post a recipe on my cooking blog, MakeshiftMeals.com. Come visit, and I’ll do my best to get the banana bread recipe up sometime in the next few weeks!

By: Kristine/SHS

Kristine/SHS — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:22 +0000

Kathy, great post. All year, I’ve had on my kids’ schedule vague instructions like “complete chores” before school. Needless to say, nothing really gets done. I think I will mix things up a bit and move “life skills” to an afternoon slot. This way I can make sure everything’s done before tv, lol.

I also suffer from the “my way” syndrome, and it’s hard for me to give things over and be THANKFUL for someone else doing the work. The flip side of that though is that I often feel like the kids’ maid.

Thanks for being so timely!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:12:22 +0000

Kathy thanks for stopping by! I went to Grandparents Day at my son’s school. I took my camera and didn’t take one picture. I had to use the picture of his preschool graduation for my blog! Isn’t that terrible?
Great suggestions!

By: Farrah

Farrah — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:43:05 +0000

I finally just got time to sit down and look at my comments. I followed yours to your blog, and I took a quick look at your site. I am AMAZED at all the things I saw that reminded me of our family…except the size. Hee-hee! I only have one. Anyway, we are also from Washington — near Spokane. I homeschool and say I am a child of the King on the front of my blog. I also have trouble keeping the house clean but can’t stand it messy. My hubby is also a programmer and likes to play video games. LOL! Here’s the really funny one. The pic of your daughters in your kitchen, in the background is a rotating wooden spice holder. I have that in my kitchen, the exact same one. Too funny! I’ll be back to look around more soon.

Oh, and great tip! If I had a whole tribe of kids I’d do that, too!

By: Emily-SHS

Emily-SHS — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:38:30 +0000

You go girl! This is just too awesome!

By: Bev

Bev — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:38:02 +0000

Wonderful suggestions!

And their future spouses will LOVE you for this one of these days. That’s what I keep telling my eldest son, as I’m teaching him to cook and clean. LOL. “You’re wife will LOVE that you know how to do this!” I say. He’s 11… so you can imagine the eye-rolling that I get over that one!

Thanks for sharing!

By: childlife

childlife — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:14:38 +0000

This is genius Kathy! (Wish it would work on one-year-olds bent on destruction though *sigh*) Nevertheless, I’m bookmarking this one for future reference : )

P.S. I moved to Wordpress : )

By: Proverbs31

Proverbs31 — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:13:42 +0000

Oh my goodness. You could be writing about me! I’m not good at housekeeping, either, and yet desire a tidy home and feel suffocated when it isn’t. Your line about “Not to throw stones..” was great, and SO TRUE.

I’ve recently started involving the kids and teaching them to help more, but I haven’t included it as a part of homeschool, just a part of life. They aren’t really old enough to rotate, either (2,4,7) but I’ll definitely keep that in mind for once they are just a little bit older!

By: Jessie's Attic

Jessie's Attic — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:45:08 +0000

This is fabulous. I have 3 kids who tend to fight, quite dramatically, once we start cleaning. One is not doing something to the others satisfaction and so on. I pretty much have a meltdown trying to get them to work together as a team, because, it will get done so much faster. My reasoning goes in one ear and out the other. Now being big and pregnant and oh so easily stressed, I have been looking for something to implement some better and more organized cleaning time, I like you, am not the natural organizer.

So thank you for sharing and I will be saving this!

Jess

By: Gilda

Gilda — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:46:29 +0000

Kathy,
You have no idea how timely this idea is! I have been trying to get a rotation schedule finished that includes my younger ones. My oldest two really do carry the bulk of the burden simply because that is the way it has always been. I like your weekly meal plan. It would greatly reduce arguments around here. I will begin working on this today. Thank you so much for sharing!