Notes from the Family Meeting

1. Use the kids saved up money that they have been saving for charity to pay for the boxes of toys to mail to husband's cousin for the poor in Mexico. And also some leftover $ for animal shelter. 2. Elaina's chores - feed the dog and give him water and teach him tricks. Pick up her own clothing off of her bedroom floor. Read her phonics books. Behave better in church. 3. We will now have a basket that I will use to collect anything that is out of place in our home. The kids will have 24 hours to put their stuff where it belongs. If it is not done by morning, they can buy their stuff back for a dollar per item. Repeat each day. 4. Grades - Jack: a week's worth of classwork of 80% or higher = 1 hour of one on one time with mom or dad (watching tv, having a milkshake, playing wii...) Email Jack's teacher because Jack would like to switch to a table where he is not so tempted to talk. 5. Scotty - work on the following social oddities: talking to others while they are already talking, or they are very obviously busy. Slow down your speech so others can understand you. Perhaps keep a little notebook in your pocket, Scotty, so you can write down what you are so excited to talk about, and then when there is a nice moment to talk with mom or dad or whomever, you can look at your list and begin talking about what you have written down, instead of trying to say it while mom is on the phone and on her computer and trying to schedule a babysitter all at the same time. 6. Jack - work on the following social oddities: Stop hugging people who don't want to be hugged. Stop acting like the parent toward your siblings. Mom and Dad will take care of that. Meeting was followed by a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving movie and a turkey placemat craft where each child made their own placemat that had handprint turkeys and said what they are thankful for: -Daddy. -Mommy. -family, friends, others and God. -all the things mom and dad do for us whether we know it or not. -everything that I like, and also everyone having a good time at their house. At the next meeting we will collect the charity money and get the info for where to mail the toys we have collected. We will also look into Scotty and Jack opening their own savings accounts for the money they are saving from allowances and extra chores.