Free Day?

This year for the kids school I decided to try something new as an incentive to get their school work done without mom having to harp on them all the time. I'm giving them their assignments for the whole week on Monday. When they're done with it then they are done for the week. As a reward, if everyone gets all their work done by Thursday then we have a free fun day on Friday. This week, everyone but Elliot had their school done so we decided to go to Prairie Grove and do a "short" geocache and then go on to Fayetteville to do some shopping and then end the day with some Cherry Berry.

The geocache at the Battle Field Park in Prairie Grove that I thought would be a quick stop, 45 minutes tops, took us over 2 hours and we walked at least 2 miles. Needless to say, I'm not so sure it turned into a "free" day but we did get us some exercise and another history lesson.

We had a good time shopping in Fayetteville and made it to the Cherry Berry in Siloam before happy hour ended. Poor Elliot, for not getting his school done had to sit and watch us eat ice cream. A few of us had a little pity for him and gave him a couple of bites. However, as I'm typing this he is still trying to finish his school. Not sure how to motivate that child. If ice cream doesn't work then what does?

We then stopped at Mr. B's for pizza and brought it home and finished the day off with a movie. If you haven't seen it yet I highly recommend "The Grace Card." Great eye opening movie.

Of course I forgot my camera so I have no pics of the geocaching but I think all in all everyone agreed that it was a pretty fun day. I'm praying that this helps the kids to learn to prioritize and not procrastinate. Looking forward to next week.