Car List

Car List:


Log Info About Car

• Make
• Model
• Year
• Date Purchased
• Dealer
• Sales Rep
• Phone
• License Plate
• Registration Expires
• Vehicle ID
• Drivers Liscense
• Maintenance Schedule

To keep in Car

• First Aid
• Flares
• Jumper Cables
• Flashlight/ batteries
• Registration
• Insurance Card
• Emergency Assistance
• Sun Blocker
• Ice Scraper
• De icing spray
• Tissues
• Papertowels
• Snacks/ Water
• Spare Change/ Money
• Blanket
• Pens/ Pencils
• Notepad
• Kids Toys
• 
  

Spring Cleaning

Spring Cleaning:
Make a list of projects you would like to complete
Set aside a set time and tackle one project only
Delegate tasks
Remove everything from shelves, vacuum or wipe down surfaces
Sort by Category


Clothing :

• Transfer Seasonal Clothes out. Location Stored: 
• Sort for Clothes not worn
• Donate old clothes

Toys:

• Sort
• Donate
• Group by type
• Art supplies
• Books
• Building Toys
• Board games
• Puzzles
• Imagination

Linen Closets:

• Clean / Store items. Location Stored:
• Sort items
• Donate

Pantry: 

• Clean
• Discard old food
• Canned goods to charity
• Reorganize Storage by Categories
• Spices
• Baking goods
• Pasta/ other dry goods
• Canned Goods
• snack foods
• potatos/ onions
• dry goods

Kitchen Drawers

• Clean 
• Sort and donate

Outdoor Picnic or Party and Swimming

Picnic List

• Meal:
• Drinks/ water
• Snacks
• Fruit
• Crackers/ Cookies
• Dessert
• Cooler/Carrier
• Beer/Wine
• Ice Packs

Supplies

• Cups/Plates/Napkins
• Forks/ Knives/ Spoons
• Serving Utensils
• Paper Towels
• Wipes
• Garbage bags
• Umbrella
• Old blanket

Personal Items

• Insect Spray
• Sunscreen
• Sunglasses

Outdoor Fun

• balls/ bats
• binoculars
• books
• frisbee
• games
• kites
• radio/tape player
• bikes
• water bottles
• helmets/ pads
• skates

Swimming:

• Swim suits
• Towels
• floats
• goggles
• ear/nose plugs
• cover up
• lip balm
• books/ magazine
• comb/brush
• pony tail holder

Trip Planning

Planning for a Trip:


Car Trip

• Fill up the car with gas
• Check Tires
• Get Directions/ Maps
• Snacks/ Drinks
• Activities for kids
• Movies
• Headphones
• Pens/ Pencils/ Paper

Air Travel

• Airline Information
• Photo ID
• Activities for kids
• Movies
• Headphones
• Gum

Other

• Cash for Trip
• Change for vending/ Tolls
• Health Insurance Cards
• Take unimportant cards out of wallet
• List of important numbers- Dr, etc.
• Gifts
• Keys
• Wallet
• Phone and charger
• blankets, pillows or comfort items

Arrangements:

• Pet Arrangements
• Mail/ Newspapers
• Tell school/ karate or other clubs

Cleaning:

• Run garbage disposal
• Run dishwasher
• Clean out refrigerator
• Turn down thermostat
• Lock windows and doors
• Pull down shades
• Empty trash
• Unplug appliances
• Check oven  

Manners

Some things to concentrate on when teaching your child manners

Meal

Sit at the table

Be exhausted

Clear your plate

Chew with your mouth closed

Speech

Inside Voices

Interrupting

Excuse me

Please and thank you

Sleep

This book did make a huge difference when my kids were healthy enough, and had no issues like full diaper in the middle of the night. At least they go to sleep easy on their own.

The Sleep Easy Solution

http://www.sleepyplanet.com/

Children Birth Through Age 5

Please note that the ranges and totals given below are approximate, and that some children need less sleep while others need more. When helping your child learn how to sleep, you’ll want to shoot for the minimum of 11 hours at night and 1 hour for each nap. Paying attention to your child’s mood and behavior is the best gauge of whether your child is getting the right amount of sleep

AGE	NIGHTTIME	NAPS	TOTAL HOURS
Newborn	Unpredictable / Varies Widely	Unpredictable / Varies Widely	Unpredictable / Varies Widely
4 Months	11 to 12 Hours	3 to 4 Hours (3 or 4 naps)	14 to 16 Hours
6 Months	11 to 12 Hours	2 to 3 1/4 Hours (2 or 3 naps)	13 to 15 1/4 Hours
9 Months	11 to 12 Hours	2 to 3 Hours (2 naps)	13 to 15 Hours
12 Months	11 to 12 Hours	2 to 3 Hours (1 or 2 naps)	13 to 15 Hours
18 Months	11 Hours	1 1/2 to 3 Hours (1 nap)	12 1/2 to 14 Hours
2 Years	11 Hours	1 1/2 to 3 Hours (one nap)	12 1/2 to 14 Hours
3 Years	11 to 12 Hours*	Up to 2 Hours (may drop nap)	11 to 14 Hours
4 Years	11 to 12 Hours	No nap	11 to 12
5 Years	11 to 12 Hours	No nap	11 to 12

Currently Brooke is getting 10 1/2 hours a night with sometimes 1-3 hour nap. Some days not enough, other days just right. Probably could go to bed earlier (too bad she's a night person) And no wonder so hard to get up in the am.

JJ is getting 11 hours at night (on a good night which doesn't happen often, frequent night wakenings) and 1-3 hours in 1-2 naps. he's pretty textbook.

4 TO 6 MONTHS
11 to 12 hours of night sleep; 3 to 4 hours of nap sleep (2 to 3 naps)

• Bedtime 7:00 PM
• Waketime 6:00 AM
• First nap: 8:00 AM
• Second nap: 11:30 AM
• Third nap: 3:00 PM

6 TO 9 MONTHS
11 to 12 hours of night sleep; 2 to 3 hours of nap sleep (2 to 3 naps)

• Bedtime: 7:30 PM
• Waketime: 6:30 AM
• First nap: 9:00 AM
• Second nap: 1:00 PM
• May need to make bedtime earlier as child drops 3rd nap

9 TO 12 MONTHS
11 to 12 hours of night sleep; 1½ to 3 hours of nap sleep (2 naps)

• Bedtime: 7:30 PM
• Waketime: 6:30 AM
• First nap: 9:30 AM
• Second nap: 2:00 PM

12 TO 24 MONTHS
11 to 12 hours of night sleep; 1½ to 3 hours of nap sleep (1 or 2 naps)

• Bedtime: 7:30 PM
• Waketime: 6:30 AM
• Nap: 11:30 AM
• May need to make bedtime earlier as child drops to 1 nap

Transitioning from Crib to Bed

• Don’t transition child to bed before age 3 unless she is climbing out of her crib.
• If your child is climbing out of his crib, safety is most important and it may be time to make the transition to a bed. For help with this transition, see chapter 10, “Special Situations,” in our book, The Sleepeasy Solution. This subject is also covered on our DVD, in “Commonly Asked Questions,” and on our audio CD for Children 3 to 5 Years.

2 TO 3 YEARS
11 to 12 hours of night sleep; 1½ to 3 hours of nap sleep (1 nap)

• Bedtime: 8:00 PM
• Waketime: 7:00 AM
• Nap: 12:00 PM

3 TO 5 YEARS
11 to 12 hours of night sleep; 1½ to 2 hours of nap sleep (if still napping)

• Bedtime: 8:00 PM
• Waketime: 6:30 AM
• Nap: 12:30 PM
• May need to make bedtime earlier when child drops nap

These schedules are pretty similar to what we do, just need to be more forcefull with Brooke taking nap or at least quiet time.

Shopping

Everytime the kids outgrow something (or I either outgrow, or shrink ) I scramble around trying to find a good deal. I'm not the best shopper and I think I find the best stuff online (since it's easier to find a good deal after bedtime then it is taking them both to a store) and any money spent on shipping is normally off set by the gas and snacks I would use entertaining them! I refuse to buy anything without a coupon code or free shipping and I find the best ones at retail me not.
Here's my favorites, but I can always use suggestions!
Unless it's a special occasion, I don't worry about making them "too cute" since I always find them cute and most clothes tend to be so dirty by the end of the day! And I threw in a few for me too~ I will be making these links, but didn't have time tonight.

Marshalls
Ross
Place in lewisville mall

Best Place for Flipflops and Cheap Foot wear for Kids:
Old Navy (surprisingly cheaper than payless)

Best for Cutest Outfits (head to toe matching looks) (Stay nice and Decent Prices)
Children's Place

Coolest Toys that teach
Discovery Store

Shopping for Women on a budget
Old Navy

Best Deals if you spend over 100/ Great sales on tops
Victoria's Secret

In store Shopping Sales
Macy's or Kohls (but you will spend a lot of time trying on!

Most Durable (even though they aern't cheap- they do send coupons often)
Express

Stylish Girl Clothes
Justice

In Store, on a budget (cute clothes, pjs, kids mix and match outfits)
Target

Tshirts, Pretty Pj's and Gifts
Disney Store

Toys/ Baby Stuff
Toys R US and Babies R Us (there is a reward card and a birthday club which helps and they always have 20% off coupons)

Beauty Products and More

I love that there are so many lotions to choose from, bath stuff and hair, and I am always on a quest to find something better for the least amount possible. The only problem is I can never remember what we try and what we thought of it. Here is a running list of things we love and things we love not...

Lotion
Vaseline Cocoa butter Deep conditioning
Love this for legs, especially in winter, it's a little thicker and very moisturizing, inexpensive and best of all smells kind of like chocolate!

Facial Moisturizer

Lancome- Aboslue precious Cells - not too thick, not to thin seems to make skin glow more

Lancome- High Resolution collaser-5x goes under moisturizer, makes a noticeable difference over time on skin quality.

Facial Cleansers-

Go 360 Clean Deep Facial Cleaners

Hair-

Kenra Platimum texturizing taffy- smells like candy

Kid Tips

From the Kid Tips book:
Give a 5 minute warning before leaving. You don't like to change activities, so they don't either.
Use a timer. It's easier to blame the timer
Have a race to leave. It makes leaving fun.
Use a wagon to clean up, it's much more fun.

Food:
The first kid cuts the pieces, the second kid picks first to be fair.
Cut food into fun shapes. (we made a face out of two pineapple rings, nuts for eyes, and raisins for smile and she ate it all so fast!)/ use cookie cutters to cut anything.
Use a pizza cutter to cut their food
Laminate a place mat that you drew with an outline of a fork , spoon, etc. They can set the table like a puzzle.
1 egg yolk, 1/4 t water and some food dye makes a nice glaze they can paint with a brush on sugar cookies, It bakes shiny.
Give them only small amounts of food, they will ask for more but not be overwhelmed.
Tell them only grownups like x. They can try it and see if their tastebuds are grown up enough yet.
Pay them a quarter if they order water at a restaurant. You save money, they drink healthy and get money. WIN WIN!

Discipline:
Let them cry and scream all they want in their own room. When they are done act cheerful and let them out and resume activities..
Time out= 1minute per age. If they don't stay put, have them sit on something. Use a timer.
TDH- Time out, Discussion, HUG

Chores:
If you leave it out, you lose it for a time.
Sing while you clean.
Give young kids chores and allowance (it can be treats, any rewards)
You can spin a chore "wheel"
Set a timer, beat the clock
Make them fun

Learning
Play "game show" by asking age appropriete questions. (this is our car game and Boo LOVES it, she begs to play all the time, and I am surprised that she knows a lot of the ones she gets right!)
Teach a preschooler to recognize a word that happens often in a story. Then she will be able to say that word when you are reading.

Nap time:/bed time
call it happy nappy time and treat it as if you "get to" not you "have to"
have different people tape themselves reading a story. They will like watching Mommom read(I taped myself for when I was in thehospital for Boo towatch)


And some funny ones....
Make your kids play on a sheet and then when they are done, pick up the corners of the sheet. tada! Clean room!