January 3, 2011

• My Wife is a Freakin’ Genius

  The other day we were talking about how we could make our morning routine more routine for our kids.  Generally, things have been pretty good getting ready for school…but lately it seems like we’ve been reminding them A LOT to do those tasks needed before walking out the door for school.

   

  Previously, we made a little list for each child, containing several things to accomplish in the morning.  This list included things like eating breakfast, putting on clothes, getting backpacks, and so on…it worked for about a year, but we slowly gravitated away from that list…and now we’re walking in the valley-of-the-shadow-of-1,000-reminders.

   

  We need a new list.

   

  In discussing this, we decided that the list would be best split up into two lists…things to do in your room, and things to do in the house before leaving.  It seems silly to say it like that, but both our kids stinkin’ THRIVE in structure.  I was hesitant about the two lists at first, thinking that it would be redundant, but then…then my wife had a stroke of genius.

   

  She said we’ll make the lists “World 1, and World 2″.  And if you know my kids (think SuperMarioBrosWiiAddictsAnonymous), then you know they are going to TOTALLY NAIL IT.  We explained it to them tonight and they were on board.  They can’t go to World 2 before passing World 1…AND they must progress IN the World as if going from level to level like the game…it will seriously be amazing for them.  AND it was all Christy’s idea…she is so smart.

   

  And to prove her brilliance, I have included the picture that she drew of World 1…

   

  I’M TELLING YOU, IT’S GENIUS!!!

   

  

   

   

  (side note-if you’re kids aren’t as addicted to video games as mine are OR as driven by accomplishing things, this won’t work as well for you.)

   

   

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