In 2014, I shared a Money Management and Behavior System for Preschoolers. It worked beautifully in our home to teach our young children responsibility, encourage good behavior, and set a foundation for wise money management. Now five years later, our children are in school and entering the teenage years. I realize that we need to ...
Scheduling a Day
Managing the Home is Overwhelming Me! What Do I Do?
I received this sweet note from a mommy of young kiddos. How do you find the time between laundry, dishes, cooking, and surviving to accomplish everything? I feel overwhelmed at the idea of being organized enough to accomplish it all. Any suggestions on how you make it work? As moms we all get overwhelmed with all the ...
Failed Schedule to a Successful Routine
Some people come out of the womb creating schedules and organizing their socks in rainbow-color order. Others find schedules stifling and struggle to find a pair of clean sock. Experts declare that children need structure, but how do you provide structure without adding stress? In a recent ABCJesusLovesMe Facebook post, Jessica shared ...
When Being Intentional Adds Stress
A few weeks ago a momma in the ABC Jesus Loves Me Facebook group shared a raw post of frustration and exhaustion. She spent all day "Being Intentional" only to be left with a sink full of dirty dishes and a supper table requiring a meal. We've all been there. It is a daily challenge to be intentional with those God has placed in our lives and ...
Impacting 2017: Be Intentional Planner
UPDATE: The Traditional 2018 planners are no longer available for purchase, but an 8.5x11" July 2018 - June 2019 planner is now available to order! How is it that 2017 is 80% finished? They say that life goes faster the older that you get, and the fact that 2017 is flying by is proof. Must. Stop. Blinking! Thinking back to my four New ...
New Year, New You: Being Intentional
We've covered goals for: Health √Feeling My Best √Daily Quiet Time √ Last resolution for 2017...Be Intentional. In praying about my resolutions, I realized that one of the reasons why I am not as intentional with my family as I could be is due to my lack of planning and too much unfocused time. Sometime I get a little ADHD and bounce ...
Why Being Busy Is Not My Goal for This Summer: Summer Goals and Daily Schedule
I am so excited that I could bust! This is the kids' last week of school and summer is so close I can taste it. Almost three months with all my chickadees back under my wings. Some of you don't share my excitement. You've already enrolled your children in every VBS and camp in the area desperate to keep the children entertained - and ...
How to Introduce Afternoon Quiet Time for Your Children
Here is a question from an ABCJesusLovesMe Family member: Just saw the sample daily routines on the ABCJesusLovesMe website but what exactly is an afternoon quiet time & how do you get a busy preschoolers on board? This is a really good question! While the answer will differ between moms, here are some points to help get you ...
Preparing to Impress {A Family Schedule}
source This week we have created a Family Command Center and are working towards a Family Schedule all with the intention of making an impression on our children. We have used the ideas from the previous blog series Scheduling Success to get us started. We have created a schedule for each child consisting of contributions or chores. We have ...
Preparing to Impress {Cleaning Schedule}
source In our "Preparing to Impress: Home Hints" blog post, I shared my appreciation for FlyLady.com. The ideas and schedules on her website and in books she has written have helped 1000's of women organize and clean their homes. Using her ideas and various ideas that I grew up with, I came up with a weekly housecleaning schedule a ...