YOU CAN DO IT!

August 18, 2009

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WHAT A MESS! With four children in the house (and one Husband), I find toys get messy quickly. I can get everyone motivated to clean by running around saying: YOU CAN DO IT! (Do you have a mental picture of me running around like a chicken?). I help out for the first few minutes and I keep repeating YOU CAN DO IT! They catch on pretty quickly and get into the excitement of it all. Even my 3 year old gets into the spirit of things. In a jiffy things are tidy and clean. I reserve the YOU CAN DO IT! for when things are really messy so it is still fresh and fun.

Can you do it?
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Peace & KatyNo Gravatar August 18, 2009 at 8:28 pm

Hey Kelly,
What a great tip, love this!

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AnonymousNo Gravatar August 19, 2009 at 1:39 am

Hi Kelly,
What a day!!! I felt like I'd lost control of my three children and thought I need to fix this!!! Within an hour I found you, thanks for the tips!!! Kel…..

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CarlaNo Gravatar August 19, 2009 at 1:59 pm

This is a wonderful tip, Kelly! Words, both negative and positive, have a huge effect on children and us mother's should use it to our advantage to grow positively motivated thinkers.

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