One thing I decided needed more attention from me is WJ. So last weekend was spent for the most part doing stuff with him. On Saturday we went out to lunch, then hit the two major bookstores where we both had gift cards from Christmas. Stace had told me about this kid's cookbook put out by Rachael Ray she'd picked up for Michael earlier in the week, so we started our hunt with that. It's really cool, and has a bunch of great recipes broken out into age groups for the kids to pretty much do most of the food prep and/or cooking. Our first recipe, made on Sunday, was Ria's Double-Chips Cookies with Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chips. In the words of Rachael... yummo! And the best part is there's no eggs in these so we baked up the first half and threw the rest of the dough in the fridge to bake up later this week. As you can see, WJ had a blast. We also picked up an assortment of other books for the both of us and spent quite a bit of time reading throughout the weekend.
And my reading is what brought me to my other commitment to changes. I picked up Bob Greene's Get With the Program. How could I pass it up when it was only $3.99 in the reduced section? Seriously, the main reason I got it was for the section on "emotional eating". I've always known I was an emotional eater, but wasn't really ready to admit it. Well, now I am. You can read about my attempts at getting my ass in gear over at my new blog, Girl Redefined.
So what else did I want to tell you? Hmm. Oh yeah, there's 49 days till party time!!! Woot!! I'm not really excited about it, or anything. Hehe!
Oh yeah. An update on my last post. So, I took Stacie's advise and we made a chore chart last night. Printed it up, hung it on the fridge, and agreed on a price. You'll love this conversation.
"So, looking at all the chores for the week, how much do you think they're all worth?"
"A hundred bucks!?" he said with a grin a mile wide.
I laughed out loud and said, "Uh, notsomuch! Seriously, how much do you think it's worth?"
After a few rounds of "Maybe $95" etc. I finally said, "Well, let me tell you what I would have gotten for all this. About $2.50." I think he was pretty shocked. So then I suggested $6.00 a week - one dollar for year he is old.
"How about $6.50 since I'm really 6 1/2!"
Have I mentioned my kid's gonna be a politician?
4 comments:
Good luck with the chore chart! I can't wait to hear how it goes.
Yep, he's a politician, I think!
Wow, what a good negotiator!
I'm wondering though....Will the chores only take 37 minutes?? Ya know the minimum age here is $7.93. Don't let him know!!!
Stacie: So far so good!
Jay: Indeed. He's trying to negotiate the purchase of a PS3 with his earnings. LOL
Groove: Shhh!
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