This picture is of Emmy walking with her brother Lubby. It is starting to rain (see the blue in upper left?)...and she is helping him to walk into the sunshine (see the red sun at his feet?)...and our house was far away (that's why it's so small...see red and blue houses?)...and there was a snake and a red cardinal bird in the grass (oh, my...eeeek)...
Now that you have enjoyed an Emmer-bean story...I thought I'd show you our charts...I picked up the free downloads from Simple Mom...here! I had been thinking for a while that the kids needed to start having chores of their own...We think we are going to give pennies for each x...haven't really decided. Don't worry...we'll decide by Sunday...when payment is due. 
Frankly, why is money necessary? They like putting the x mark...that's reinforcement enough right now! HA! I covered them with plastic page protectors and I'm using dry erase markers. That way...I don't have to print them off every week. In case you can't read it (har, love my pictures...) they get an x for helping put away the silverware, making their beds, helping with laundry, helping in the kitchen, helping set the table, cleaning up before nap and before bedtime, and extra nicenesses. 
This is hard for perfectionist MomE...really hard...the beds are decidedly bumpy...but I didn't fix them...are you proud of me??
Once I get used to it...I'm sure it will look cute to me...and it won't be so much extra effort. Right now, it takes at least three times as long to do things...but it is good to build independence...right?? *sigh*
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I see that you did turn the beds. Now you don't have to keep hauling kids out from behind the headboards! Ahhhh! Love you, Mom
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