My Motivation Board

I finally read The Secret.

What an amazing book. It includes everything that we should already know about life, but don't really think about much. 

I decided to make my motivation board. This includes (most) everything I want for my family and myself. 

This sheet hangs inside my kitchen cabinet and serves as a daily reminder to stay positive, to focus on my family and my faith. 

This motivation board was really easy to make...I used construction paper and took a stack of old magazines and started going through them, cutting out words or phrases that hit me. Along with taking my trusty old Sharpie marker and adding my own personal touch. 

I glued and taped and love the way it turned out. I find myself repeating certain phrases to myself everyday. If you're needing some daily uplifting, I really suggest making one of your own. 

What words or phrases will you put on your motivation board?


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Teaching Money for Kids

My oldest son has been having a hard time in school learning what the different coins were. They learn cute songs and practice, but he still had't quite 'got it' yet. So, we grabbed some money flash cards and started practicing. The problem? He still wasn't getting it. I was about to pull my hair out, when this idea hit me....a cheat sheet.

I had to work with what I had at the moment, a cardboard box in the recycling bin - all we did was glue the coins onto the box - front and back - and then had Ashton write out what each coin was and how much it was worth.

With his money flash cards, he could compare coins and see right away how much each coin was worth. 

He went from being frustrated and about to give up - to being happy that he was getting it!

No, I don't agree with cheating. But, since I made this cheat sheet for him - it's working! 

After just a few nights of using his cheat sheet, I removed it and he's remembering all the coins!! Makes a mom proud! 

Any tips to share on helping kids learn their coins? 

Oatmeal Container Crafts

Yesterday, I'm kind of milling around - getting the kitchen cabinets reorganized and realized that we have a empty oatmeal container sitting in there. (That annoys me to no end!!) So I'm starting to throw it in the recycle bin when I start to wonder what I could do/make from it. I looked around online for awhile to try to get ideas of what to do with it and really couldn't find too much that I was really crazy about, which was strange. I did find these cool projects:

I love this idea from Curbly! I have a massive amount of ribbon that I would love to organize better.

I also like this idea from Martha Stewart - to change it into a holder or gift bag of sorts. But, I really don't have anything presents I need to give at the moment.

I also thought of using for the boys to use as a time capsule - or in place of a shoebox to store memories, they could decorate the box and put ticket stubs in it, whatever they wanted to. To use it as a Valentines Day box for school would be cool too. You could easily turn it into a robot.

Do you have any projects that you've done with old oatmeal containers? Share them in the comments!

I'll post soon what we decided to do with our old oatmeal container!

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