Where's the Lemonade?

We have been setting goals with our kids every year at the beginning of the year since we started blending families. We would spend a day after new years day and talk to the kids about the importance of setting and achieving goals. We would write our goals down and then put them in a box in the entertainment center. Then the next year at New Year's day we would dust off the box and look at the goals stored inside. These weren't goals, just forgotten wishes.

Show Notes



We have been setting goals with our kids every year at the beginning of the year since we started blending families. We would spend a day after new years day and talk to the kids about the importance of setting and achieving goals. We would write our goals down and then put them in a box in the entertainment center. Then the next year at New Year's day we would dust off the box and look at the goals stored inside. These weren't goals, just forgotten wishes.


Teaching about Goals

  • Braking things down into categories: Physical, Intellectual, Social, Spiritual
  • Writing goals down. What is a goal what are steps to achieve a goal
  • Family goals
  • Sharing goals with each other
  • New years resolutions

Goals not Wishes (papers in a box)

  • Discover,
  • Plan,
  • Act
  • Reflect
  • Vision boards
  • Asking for help to achieve goals (resources, money, lessons, etc...)

Blending Families additional coordination

  • Family goals may be different in each home.
  • Inconsistency between homes
  • Coordinating between parents
  • Be careful to not have conflict goals or rewards

Lemonade Moment of the Week
We didn't get to see our granddaughters over Christmas, so we worked in the kitchen and family room, painting and building. Check out the picture.



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What is Where's the Lemonade??

They say when life gives you lemons you should make lemonade. Making lemonade is not always easy or possible. For us, we found ourselves single in our 40's with kids at home and starting life over again. Luckily we found each other, online no doubt. When we began blending families, schedules, traditions, and laundry, we discovered lots of lemons. Our podcast is a reflection on how we get through the hard times and enjoy the good times on our new journey together, all with ten kids in tow. Sometimes when life gives you lemons, you make lemon squares. Lemonade might come later.