new year, new plan

It started when my stepson was younger. He would always ask when we were doing this, that, etc. So every year we would buy him a fun calendar and every month we would fill it out together. He knew when he was seeing his mom next, I avoided all the questions and it was something for us to do together. Boom. Mom win. Then it became our thing with our daughter, too. Now she gets a calendar for Christmas (I know... we are practical AND dorky!). Yesterday she asked me to hang up her new wild animals calendar and we filled out January, part of February and some of March. I got, "Awww. No more?" when I hung it up. Yep. If you start them early, you CAN teach responsibility, time management, ownership, appreciating all gifts big or small, and (hopefully) that a bit of dorky goes a long way :)