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Regarding good behavior with treats

So I am just finishing the Dugger's book and loved it!!!! BUT I did notice that there are alot of times that the children are told ahead of time that good behavior will lead to a treat afterwards.....
Tons of questions pop up and thought I would ask for some input....
1. I desire for my children to obey out of respect
2. I desire for my children to obey because they trust me that I am teaching them to have Godly character traits some day
3. I feel a like funny like it would be a bribe for good behavior and then they would be looking for a treat every time I ask for obedience. I do praise them tons for a willing heart that is obeying....
4. Maybe it is ok because God promises us rewards for our obedience....BUT I don't think we only obey knowing that a reward from God is coming...and I don't want them to obey soley for the treat which I am pretty sure Jacob would do.
5. Also as it stands now Jacob will obey out of love and respect for us.... Eli different story.....

Please share your insights......
Always thinking....

Update on Aaron

His skin issues seem to be clearing up!!! Hair is growing in and he looks super cute. The sleep issues at night seem to be gone and we are down to one or two feeds at night again. Thanks for all the suggestions. Oh and I decided not to start feeding him anything!

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Happy kids vs. Christ minded kids

http://itsalmostnaptime.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-dont-want-my-children-to-be-happy.html

sorry can't get it to link you will have to copy it in....

Love this letter from Sara!!! Thanks for sharing!!

Totally encouraging and explains so well what we are all working so hard at with our children.

HELP with Aaron

I am at a loss. This little one has me so stumped. He is still taking one hour naps during the day. Two weeks ago he was sleeping 9-10 hours at night without a feed and now he is doing every 3 hours at night. Any suggestions out there?? Considering trying some baby cereal???

The Dugger's

I am currently reading 20 kids and counting. This book has been such a blessing to me!!! It has encouraged me in what I am already doing with my kids and also is giving me great ideas. I highly recommend this book to anyone. It is a pretty quick read and the stories are very entertaining!!!! Check it out! Oh, and the marriage sections and finance sections are awesome too!!!

http://store.discovery.com/detail.php?p=87157

God works even when all the odds are against you!!

The garage sale was a huge Success!!!!! We sold almost everything. It started out very cold, not ideal conditions for a garage sale!! But people came and we met tons of people from our community, neighbors, other homeschooling moms, and people interested in our cause. We had tons of donations, ate lots of cookies, and had tons of chaos along the way. We had a tree come down behind our house a couple weeks ago and today was a great day for our friends the McCown's to come over to help cut it down....
It seemed that our day got crazier and crazier running between kids, garage sale, tree cutting BUT had the tree not come down and the McCown's not come over to help with that then their 2 wonderful children would not have been here today and such a blessing helping me with the kids and the garage sale. Rachel stayed in the house a lot loving on Aaron which he loved and Jesse helped man the garage sale and cookies!!!
In the end it was wonderful. A few things still to sell AND our neighbor brought us a huge TV to sell. Not only did we sell stuff but we started collecting more stuff to sell next time!!!!
Stay tuned as we pray about which organization to start our giving with this year!!!
To date God has raised $132.00!!!!!
PRAISE GOD!!!

Major Garage Sale!!!

To benefit the call on our hearts to feed the poor.
When: This Saturday starting at 8am
Where: 1103 N. Gila Dr, Payson
SOME OF THE ITEMS ARE , VACUUM, TV, NEW HOME HUMIDIFIER SYSTEM, NICE WOMAN'S CLOTHES, CHILDREN'S CLOTHES, SILVER SERVING PITCHER, NICE TOYS

Got any stuff to donate come by Friday or Saturday with your "junk" and we will sell it and add the money to our "money jar" To date we have $5.70.
Questions:
call 928-474-2652

TELL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS!! HELP US SELL STUFF to FEED THE POOR

JACOB AND ELI WILL BE SELLING COOKIES!!! THEY ARE SO EXCITED!

Update on Aaron's Doctor visits

Thank you for all the well wishes, prayers and concern for our little Aaron. Some good news and not so good.
His hernia surgery was not a success. The surgeon said that he still has fluid and inflammation in the groin. He wants to wait 6 months and look at it again with possibly another surgery. Such a bummer. We thought the hospital days where over for us with him, but we are so thankful its not something more serious. He isn't in any pain which is great and is fun and cheery despite the issues.

Also saw the dermatologist for his skin issues on his head. Crazy news it is only a severe case of cradle cap. So instead of an infection and fungus, just normal baby stuff.....
BUT then the doctor called again and said the culture showed mucor (a mold, fungus that lives on fruit and vegetable, and in soil it is air born.) She said as long as his immune system isn't compromised then he should be fine and it is probably just living in the dead skin on his head. So of course I researched it on the web and got totally freaked out!!!! Mucor when inside a human body eats your organs and will kill you........so a little more then freaked out I would say..The doctor has been wonderful with us and it very much on board with herbal treatments. Talked to her today she said no worries that the mucor is in his body since he is healthy. We are currently doing every other day with olive oil baths to keep him moisturized and then dandruff shampoo. Hopefully that will be it....to clear it up. He wasn't too keen on an oil bath today and was so slippery it was hard to keep ahold of him.!

Simplicity, Love, Generosity

We are so excited here at our house to see all the ways God is going to be teaching us about caring for the poor this year.... stay tuned as we update our progress.

To date we have @2.70 in our money jar!!!

My mom is moving stuff on craigslist

My Mom is moving and needs to down size ASAP..... She has really nice stuff, take a look.


http://flagstaff.craigslist.org/fuo/1580683985.html

http://flagstaff.craigslist.org/fuo/1573755988.html

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