When I came back from Texas last week, I found this list that Kathrynne had written out for herself to accomplish the day I was gone. She’s since started writing a list for what she needs/wants to accomplish each day (with a little help from me to make sure all her chores and homework projects make it on the list, too!).
I’ve been amazed at how motivated she’s been by having a list to check off every day. Hmm, I wouldn’t know where she gets that from! 🙂
My husband was just shaking his head when I showed Kathrynne’s list to him. I’m pretty sure he was thinking, “Oh no, not another Type A woman in this house!” 😉
I love it. My teenager is a chronic list maker, like me. She will ask for list note pads as gifts! She has a whiteboard in her room too. She purchased that with her own money.
No kids yet – I’m still hoping that my list-making wears off on my husband! lol 🙂
I redid our filing cabinet (major overhaul: http://ourfrugalhappylife.blogspot.com/2012/03/organizing-filing-cabinet.html) and after I did that, he did ask me to come to his office (he’s a pastor) and help him redo his filing cabinets. Baby steps, right?!
This is so adorable! Got to love it when you can see yourself so clearly in your children.
That’s is awesome and adorable! Way to get her started early.
Haha, that’s so great! 🙂
Sweet! I was most impressed with her nice printing and spelling. Good for her!
So cute! My daughter is a list-maker, too!
That is so cute! My daughter, who is 8 years old, just started making lists as well! My husband said to her ” You are your mothers daughter that’s for sure!” I was impressed that she added pray twice to her list, once in the morning and once in the evening!
Adorable. I love that “play” appears three times. Kids learn so much from playing.
The first thing I thought when I read the post is how much I wanted to do her list for a day. Sometimes we forget the simplicity of things!
Oh my goodness, that is soooo precious. Kudos to her momma for leading by example. I don’t project fault on to anyone in my life, but I CAN say that time management, organization, etc., were not well modeled to me (and definitely not taught). No blame. Just learning and moving forward. But you are indeed teaching/modeling these things to your children. Good job, Crystal.
Blessings,
Toni
Awww! You must be great at training them! I hope my kids end up making lists and using them because it took me years to learn it and refine it. I so don’t want them to go through the same process.
Love it! My 5yo made his own list the other day, though I think the only thing on it was to play Kung Fu Panda. He didn’t even cross it off after we had done it, so he still has a long way to go.
I love this! I did the same thing when I was a little girl. The women in my family are list people for sure!
Actually I think this is great. I recently started using lists more often here and it is catchy. The list helps to stay organized and on track. I like it!
Cute, Cute Cute! That childish handwriting is so precious! Thank you for sharing little snipets of your family life with your readers!
Adorable! I have loved lists my whole life, too. I think that is just the cutest thing ever, though.
That is too cute!!! I am known among my friends as a “list freak”. I have been known to make list of lists! Anyway that is adorable!
So sweet! Don’t you love it! My daughter is also a list maker like me, it drives my husband crazy, hehehe!
Could you send her over here to show my husband and kids how it’s done? I’m tired of running after my family waving The List at them!
CUTEST. THING. EVER. This is going to be my kid, too, one day!! 🙂
Reminds me of the Frog & Toad story list story. . .
Love this! I think this might be just what my son needs. He tends to “forget” all the little things he should do – like change his underwear LOL. Maybe I should suggest a list he can cross items off as he goes, then he will feel a sense of accomplishment with each item he crosses off!
Love it!! That is much too cute!
That is funny! It scares me, but is SO funny!
Makes me also realize that my children will also pick up on my bad habits too! I better get it together, soon!
That is so adorable! I can totally see my daughter doing that in a few years!
Lists are great! They’re even better if we ever accomplish anything off of them! lol I find my daughter does better with her schoolwork if she has a list to go by, a list she made herself with boxes to cross off. The crossing off is very therapeutic I think.
So. stinkin’ adorable. I love when you post things like this!!!
So cute! Reminds me of the frog and toad story. Toad loses his list and then can’t do anything all day without it. Finally frog says its time for bed and toad is so excited because that was the last thing on his list. So he writes it in the dirt with a stick, crosses it out and goes to sleep!
EXACTLY. My son’s fav story. He wrote like literally HUNDREDS of that list,and eventually turned into HIS OWN list. And This was BEFORE he could read. Ultimately, Frog and Toad taught him to read and write. After copying SO MANY times, it gotta sink in right? 🙂
That story was the first thing that came to my mind too!
I was going to recommend this book too. It’s called Frog and Toad together 🙂
Love it, love it!!! She’s my kind of girl! This just made my day!
How cute! C likes to do that, too. She is actually using one of those Well-Planned day student planners you gave out at the conference to write her list in each day! It’s nice so we don’t have little lists everywhere — although I do still find random papers around the house. She might be a mess like her mom. 😉
Too cute! I wish my oldest was that motivated. Instead of making lists for himself, I find random items added to MY list. Such as: Buy Ethan a pack of gum. ;o)
That’s too funny! Last time my husband left a list for my kids to do (which doesn’t happen very often!), my 10yo daughter left him a note back explaining why they didn’t have to do the chores and signed it from me! 😛
My son made a list the other day. It was (in his spelling):
1. Brecfist
2. draw
3. viode game
4. lego
5. lunch
6. viode game
7. lego
8. diner
9. time to bed
Clearly video games and legos were high on his list that day. So funny!
I LOVE all the “play” on that list! 🙂
too cute!!
my son does this also..makes me laugh and my husband say ohh boy! lol
I keep waiting for my girls to start making list too. I love the play games, play legos, play and eat on the list. That’s a girl who knows what she likes. =)
Love this!