New Leaf

At the beginning of the school year I decided I was turning over a new leaf and was going to be organized!  I was majorly motivated by this website.  I love it!  So I made a weekly schedule for both the older kids as well as a chore chart.  Now I have to say this is our first real attempt at a chore chart and it is working like a dream!  Kaden knows exactly what he need to do in the morning before school without any nagging from me - well, ok, with less nagging!  And Bailey knows what she has to do before she is allowed to watch cartoons.  That's not to say that every box gets marked every day - but its always good to have something to work towards, right?!  I also made a little To Do list for myself.  It's for one week at a time and I scheduled out all of my household chores each week.  I also have a goal that I work on for a few weeks at a time and I get to check the box next to the day if I got it done!  It's amazing how motivating a checkmark can be. :)  So for you born organized people - this is probably second nature to you.  But this has been a huge help for me to schedule everything out for the week.  The last thing I did was make homework stations for the kids to use for homework - they work great at minimizing the teasing and fighting - since they can't see each other!  fabulous!