Financial Peace Junior

Today we started Dave Ramsey's FPU Jr. with our kids. I made checklists for the chores they need to complete. I filled out their commission trackers and explained it all to them. Now lets see how well they do.

So far, I have clean bathrooms and they are working on their bedrooms. They have been cleaning like mad since I told them how it works. I wonder how long the excitement will last. I know most of it is from the money they will earn for the chores they do.

Maybe this will eliminate some of the fighting with chores. I made the checklists to avoid the whiny voiced "I forgot" that tends to happen when they clean their rooms. No forgetting now. Although they could still forget how to read! LOL ;-)

It is raining again today so it made sense in introduce the new items today. And it helps with having our class tonight. We will have clean bathroom for when the company shows up.

Our goal is to teach the kids how not to get into debt. Let them learn from the mistakes we have made. We truly are trying to change our family tree. I love Dave Ramsey's class and feel so blessed to have the opportunity to share it with others.

Have a blessed day. I am off to vacuum the family room and to start dinner.

Summer time

Summer is definitely here. It is hot and rainy. Today the thunder is rolling and the lightening flashing. So the kids are in the kitchen. Shay made two batches of bread and helped Zach make yogurt pops.

They are planning out the dinner menu now. It is a surprise so they wont tell me what they are making only that it contains turkey burger. I only know that much because Zach asked me if we had any.

We bought yearly passes to the Brevard Zoo. We went last weekend with some friends. It was a great day. Hot but fun. Next time I have to remember to bring water bottles with us. They have a new lagoon water feature there. I think I will bring the kids up next week. I would this week but they are calling for rain all week. I can't complain though. Our trees need it.

Speaking of trees, I have a star fruit tree in the back yard. I have been babying it for about 6 months because I couldn't get it to bloom or fruit. Well, my babying paid off. I have several blooms and so far 3 fruit growing. I think out of this first set we will get 5 star fruit. The tree is young yet so I am happy with that. Once they start to fruit, they will give off 5 harvests a year. So, this is just the first of many. Now, I am waiting on my passion fruit vine to flower. Steve & the kids got it for me for Mother's Day. It has tripled in size!

That's it for now. Have a wonderful week!