Conlin Family: Summer fun with syblings

This Summer we started a new thing to try and work things out so that the TV was not on all the time, and so that they could experience different things. We added a job jar. They each had their original jobs ie...cleaning room, showering, brushing teeth. But then they choose two jobs out of the job jar. They could choose if they wanted to do them both at the same time, or one in the morning and one in the afternoon. After those were done they could turn in a ticket for electronic time. They were each given 12 tickets for 30 minutes at the start of the week. But no more than 2 could be redeemed at a time. If someone else redeemed one for a movie they had to leave the room if their jobs were not done, or turn in a ticket to stay and watch. If they ran out of tickets before the week was over, they could draw a "special job" and earn more time. Some of those "special jobs" were take Kassidy to the park for 30 min earn 15 min play time. build a fort and play earn 10 min play time. build a marshmallow and toothpick something earn 10 min. Go on a picture scavenger hunt earn 30 min. The list went on and on. These are some of the pictures from the summer fun.

Kassidy and Carson building a fort

Carson and Kassidy building with marshmallows and toothpicks

One week we did enough extra jobs to earn a pool

Kassidy's job one day was to make a special treat for the family

Carson, Kassidy and Tristan digging a garden. This took a few different days and all the family together.

The garden with flowers, looked much better as they grew bigger.

Some fun at "Night at the Museum" they opening the natural history museum in Canyon to the public at night, the turned off the lights and we went through the museum with flashlights. Every once in a while when you would shine your flashlight on someone they would come alive and talk to you about their era.