Day 12 and why I love allowance

I love having the girls earn an allowance by helping with household chores.

Mary counted her money by 5's, practiced rounding to see if she could buy her doll and then counted out her money at the checkout counter.

Plus the bonus that she loves what she earns more than what she gets.

Day 13, the end of swim lessons

The girls both passed their waves!!

Day 14 a day late

Swim lessons for Ruth and Mary.  They are doing great!

A massive rain meant we could not go to the park as planned.  We did make it to DQ for ice cream and then got soaking wet on the way out.

Day 14

Today we did not get done all I had wanted.

We went to swim lessons today. Ruth did great, her class has learned all they need to for this session so they are reviewing today and tomorrow ending with a party on Friday.

My goal for today was to de junk the girls room and toy closet.  I got some of their room done and that was it.

I did get both the girls registered for school, and picked up their supply lists which we will shop for next week.

Day 15, I hope I make it

I am so tired.

Summer kicked me in the teeth, and I kinda did it to myself.

Anyway, today we had a friend of Ruth's over and they played for a few hours and had lunch.

The girls and I took a bike ride and are working on Thank You cards.

Shameful they are a month late, but at least we are getting them done.

I have to buy stamps tomorrow, we are totally out!

I am also registering the girls for their 2010-2011 school year and start the massive clean up of our house and more importantly the kids room.  Wish me luck, I might never be seen again.

Day 16

Today was a great day of swim lessons (Mary is finally getting the hang of it) and playing with friends.  On the to do list this week is registering the kids at the school, buying school supplies and cleaning house.

The last days of summer

16 days until the start of school.

I will be posting our happenings every day until then!