Raising Children?

I am a MOPS mom... with MOPS, I've met some great people and have been given some awesome advice. A sweet MOPS mentor, Ann Griggs, hosted a MOPS and POPS dinner at her house last February. Cody and I had a great time with the mentors, other MOPS and POPS, and we also had fun listening to Tom and Sandra Millholland, authors of Prelude to Joy, Making your marriage a heavenly one! Other than Tom and Sandra's advice, some other advice really stuck with us. Ann G. and her husband Jack raised three girls and one son! While Jack & Ann's children were still at home they created and lived by "THE BOOK." Basically if the kids asked when they could start staying up until 10 PM, Jack and Ann would tell them to reference the book. All answers were in this book... when they would get a car, what happens with specific grades that one earns in school. With four children, if they didn't have "THE BOOK," would they be able to maintain continuity? I see lots of parents start out with strict rules for the first kiddo, then the next is given much more slack. Cody and I have decided that we don't want to have any "That's not fair that Charlie gets to do this, I had to do that when I was her age...". Jack and Ann said that some things had to change with the book, such as inflation for car, college, and wedding budget.

It's been February since the awesome MOPS and POPS dinner, however, the advice still lingers and every now and again I think about how I'm going to begin the writing process of this book.

What I know so far, is that our book will be modeled after the Air Force Instruction(AFI)... Randomly, post military, certain AFI's pop into my head. Such as AFI 36.2103.... I do not remember what that number is attached to... if its is Dress and Appearance, or if it is my old Personnel Reliability Program. I'll have to get Cody's opinion in this, however, I think that we'll name the book SFI for Seaman Family Instruction. I can see myself saying, "Girls if you'd like to know what age you need to be in order to be eligible go on a date, don't ask us, go reference SFI 36.2103." We'll see how far this gets!! Hopefully one day the girls will be in class telling their friends that since they are now 17, their curfew has been extended one hour per SFI 56.2203.

Are we crazy or what??

I'm making a pledge...

Hello blogger! It's nearly been a year since I've visited! I am super behind on keeping track of little milestones and memories of the girls so.... I'm making a pledge to blog once a week, in hopes to have something to refrence to when I, if I, ever get back to updating the girls baby books! Cheer me on!