The courage to CTR

I got this idea from my friend Kristine... who got it from our friend Amy. :)

I love to find great mothers and then pester them with questions about their parenting ideas and of course copy them!

I ain't no dummy.

I've been trying to encourage the kids to do things that challenge them and might even be a little scary. I feel like it is getting harder and harder for our kids to do what is right and often they stand out because of it and sometimes even get teased for it.

So this is our "courage jar".

When any of us (including Trevor and I) do anything courageous we get to decide how many fuzzies we think we deserve to put in the jar (up to 5 for each act).

It can be anything and is different for each of us.

For example Megan gave herself 5 fuzzies for pulling out her tooth and she deserved every one of those fuzzies... she was terrified but she did it.

Hallie gave herself 3 fuzzies for asking a boy to stop saying a bad word.

I added some fuzzies to the jar for doing a little missionary work.

Campbell got some fuzzies for working on some of his potty training goals (I'll leave it at that).

etc.

When the jar is full (150 fuzzies) we are going either here or here for an over-nighter and a little family fun.

Anyway, it has been working great so I thought I'd pass the idea along.

Thanks Kristine and Amy.