Ninja Mommy Hacks: Life with 2 Minions and lots of wine!

Once again, I cannot take credit for this!    Pinterest is my BFF... Ever heard of a "Rock Jar"?   Well the idea is easy-- Get a bag of dollar store glass rocks/pebbles/round things.   The things that go in flower vases as a decoration.   And get 2 jars of any size-  they must BE CLEAR!   At 2 1/2 years old I started this with my kids.   They earn ROCKS for doing good deeds, being overall helpful, doing chores, doing the right thing, and in the beginning- just breathing!    Reward the good-all. the. time.   Each rock is worth 10 minutes of screen time.    They can ONLY give me 6 rocks at most at a time (60 minutes total for TV/Ipad, etc).      If they earn a rock (or more) you pull the rocks from your JAR and hand them to your child.  Count them out, then they put them in their jar.  The psychological part of them earning, holding, counting, and putting the rocks in their jar is KEY!!!   (This plays into money making later). Let me play this out for you and how it

Sworkit Pro is the app I bought; they have a lite version, but I read enough about it to convince me to buy it.  I really really LIKE it!   Because- YOGA!!!  A part of my Miracle Morning (Hal Elrod's book) I have started using this app for my workout.   It has a 7 minute full body workout-  it shows you the workout as you do it.  The voice telling you what to do is NOT annoying.  It gives you 10 seconds to get into the poses and get ready.   Turn your phone sideways for the video on how to do the move.     The best feature is the "create your own workout" mode.  You go thru ALL exercises and chose the ones you want to incorporate.    Then tell it how long, and you can even say "rest after _____ exercise".    Everything is custom.  It then goes thru the sequence as in you would do in a gym. So the yoga starts in prayer pose, etc.   It builds a workout naturally.  You set the length of the workout before you start, it they adjusts the workout accordingl

If you have read some of my other blogs on how I keep my Sh*t together-  you will notice a trend-- get up at least 1 hour before your kids!   I thought I would explain my glorious mornings to you, AND that I will soon start the "Miracle Mornings" as Hal Elrod describes in his book. My husband and I both are reading the book to hopefully implement together and increase our quality of life. I am half-way thru the book and here are my take-aways/tidbits for my fellow Ninja Moms: 1) Silence is your best friend.    As a mom, you know this... so why would you NOT welcome the 5am silence in the house?    My coffee is brewed at 5am, I am out of bed by 5:10 (heater has kicked on so house is warm), and I get my coffee into my mug in the dark.     I then walk into my sitting room/office and sit in my chair watching outside the traffic go by...  I sip my coffee and enjoy the silence. Getting out of bed-  if that is an issue for you--- Hal Elrod's book has some GREAT strategie