Chore Charts & Allowance: Teaching Kids Financial Responsibility

preschool kids chore chart

It is important to start teaching kids at a young age how to earn money, save money and spend it wisely. One of this month’s sponsors, Manilla, wants to hear about our financial struggles and successes – sign up for Manilla, tell them about your money mountains in the comments for a chance to win [...]

Sock Mopping: Exercise and Clean at the Same Time

Dining table

The gals over at Mom Loop are helping keep me accountable this week!  We are spring cleaning and I get to show before and afters of our Quirky House.  Yesterday’s assignment was the dining room.   As with everything, we had to think of a way to make cleaning the dining room a fun family affair.  [...]

Organizing the Home, On a Dime!

organize with mason jars

My house has clutter, lots of clutter and I am often in awe of some of those super organized mommas!  Nicole from Restrained Chaos has offered to guest post a few of her organization tips… I love them!  They are cheap and easy!  Hope you can take and glean from them as I have.  Here [...]

Storage Ideas: Cleaning and Ridding Your home of Clutter

storage

I don’t know about you, but my storage areas were seriously lacking in organization or neatness in this house. Usually, about 6 months in to a house, I go through and put up hooks, baskets, buckets, buy lg storage Tupperware, etc so the spaces look decent and can be used.  That 6 months is quickly [...]

How to Include Kids in House Work

Preschoolers Can help Vacuum

More ways to use chores to teach your kids… … Mopping, wiping, vacuuming and learning: I use mopping to work on memory skills. Did you already mop here? How can you tell? With our table top we can easily practice deductive reasoning. The area without crumbs and greasy hand prints was wiped down, the other [...]