This Week's Favorites- June 12, 2008

Laura at (not so) Urban Hennery tells us about her past growing up on the farm, and how her childhood experiences affect her today.

El at Fast Grow The Weeds demonstrates the abundance that can be achieved (in cold, snowy Michingan) with a greenhouse, or even just some plastic on top of plants.

Especially interesting to me since getting rabbits this week, Crunchy Chicken has a whopper of a discussion going on the ethics of raising rabbits.

Amy at Let's Explore has a fun idea for helping her kids to be excited about chores.

Erin from THE MAIDS sent me this useful list for getting kids involved in cleaning:

Summer is here and kids are looking for fun both inside and out. If your home pays the price in kid-sized messes, get the kids involved in cleaning using these fun tips from THE MAIDS Home Services.

• Don’t expect kids to use adult tools to clean, instead create supplies that are kid-friendly. Use an ice-cream pail for mopping chores or shorten an old mop handle or broom to make it kid-sized.
• Fill a squirt gun from a solution of a gallon of water and a drop of dish soap. Let kids squirt windows and mirrors and wipe dry with paper towels. Leaves glass clean and streak free!
• Cover kids’ hands and arms with dad’s old athletic socks then squirt the socks until lightly damp with a safe solution of vinegar and water. Send them off to dust around the house.
• Got a pile of blocks or action figures strewn on the floor? Scoop up toys in a few swoops using a kid-sized leaf rake to form a pile for easy pick-up.
• Make cleaning a game; give young kids grill tongs and challenge them to pick up toys and put them in a toy box or bin only using the utensils. Keep score and see who wins!
• Don’t forget the fun music to help your kids get a groove on as they boogie around the house cleaning.

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