Inside Out - Lisa Rugglesa thousand times I’ve failed, still your mercy remains

I constantly find myself turning off the girls bathroom lights.  A couple months ago I wrote  Save the Dolphins While this helped the girls to become more environmentally conscious it required me to continue reminding them to turn off the lights.

The novelty soon wore off.
Over a month ago I decided to add incentive to keeping the lights off.

Here is how it works:

• Each of the girls have dimes
• Each time they turn off the light that someone else left on, they get 10 cents
• Each time I find it on, they pay me 10 cents
• They can use the money they “earn” to purchase something small
• It was fun and Emily really got into it

Often they forget to ask me for the money, but a good habit has been formed and the bathroom light is usually off when not in use.