![]() ![]() Every time someone shares, the person they shared with yells out, “Brooke gets the frog”!!! The frog then jumps to their lily pad and they get to draw a star on their lily pad. I have loved this because it shows individual growth (or stunted growth) and inspires the girls individually, but we are still working as a team. Put the lily pads, the frog (Hoppy), a pen, and the book on our microwave where we’d see them multiple times a day and be reminded of our family goal to share more freely.ģ. Make a lily pad for each person in the family (including mom and dad)Ģ. That way we’d be helping and rooting each other on, instead of comparing and competing.ġ. Finally, we set a goal and decided on a reward for when we reached it. We do all we can to not have the girls compete with each other on these type of things, so we were all a team trying to reach our goal of 100 shares. We developed a family sharing plan to motivate a more giving and sharing attitude and spirit in our home.ĥ. They loved the frog – and yes they all started talking about whose it was and who got it when.Ĥ. I showed them the cute stuffed green frog that I bought with the book. We talked about what they learned and liked in the book and the meaning and message behind it all.ģ. Then they go through an experience together that makes them realize that when you share you are happier and have more fun spending time with others.Ģ. ![]() We read “It’s Mine”, an adorable book about 3 greedy frogs who never share and are miserable playing by themselves. I would hold onto it until family night, and make it a big and really fun reveal!ġ. They even had a stuffed frog to go with it, so I grabbed both in hopes that doubling my efforts would bring doubled, or tripled, or quadrupled results! So I quickly thumbed through it, and it didn’t take me long to realize this was headed to the check out line with me. To no surprise, “IT’S MINE!”, was the one that caught my eye. ![]() In desperation, and in a vulnerable state, I found myself at Kohl’s looking at books. There is no natural line of dinosaurs and dolls or boats and barbies, they all want it all, ALL the time! With 4 girls, they all have and want what the other has. One of the “hards” in our house is sharing. These four cuties have made all my dreams come true…the only slight change to the plan is I have 4 instead of 12! I think Heavenly Father packed them with extra will and spirit to make up for the difference between 4 and 12!!!Īs a kid it was all about dreaming and I only thought about the squishy happy baby that smelled delicious enough to eat. When I was a kid I LOVED playing MASH! I was the weird one that said I wanted 12 kids and my top car choice was a minivan…not sure how I thought the minivan would fit my 12 kids, but I was always a happy camper when “luck” was on my side and the future chosen for me was to be a stay-at-home mom, with 12 kids, driving a mini van!:-) ![]()
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