All Blog Posts Tagged 'schedules' (6)

Yes, it is that time of year again, when we begin counting down the remaining care-free days left before the kids head back to school. Of course, this would require that we all survived the summer in one piece :o) All joking aside, I read a tip from the "Real Simple" folks that got me thinking. They suggested putting a kid friendly CD on in the morning & telling the kiddos 'that they needed to be done eating by track 4', without buying the required the CD {yes, marketing at i… Continue

More and more moms are using the internet in one way or another to organize their family lives. Some moms use online calendars, some use online post-its and other use bookmarks to mark their favorite websites. Cozi and Springpad are two free web services that are gaining popularity among moms everywhere. I have personally tried both and here's what I think. Online Calendars An online calen… Continue

These past few days in Colorado have been magnificent. On crisp bluebird days like these I always feel like I should be sailing. Even Tucker comments on how the air and the music make him feel like sailing. When I was little my parents would take my sister’s and I on summer adventures which included a few sailing trips. My father loved to sail but a sailor he was not. For a while he had a little sailboat that he harbored in Nantucket. Whenever he would try to round up his girls to go out with… Continue

In my first blog today I introduced the concept of MY VERY OWN SCHOOL as an organizing strategy if you have children under six at home most days during the summer. In this piece I show you a sample schedule you can play around with until you find what suites you all best. This schedule is suitable to children ages 3-6. The Mailbox publishes year-end hard cover books of activities for each grade, they are a life… Continue

Okay, it's summer, my house is a reck 'cause I have four or more kids playing here everyday. Today I found my 10 year old's saddle in my bathroom! Smiling. Me,"Olivia, why is your saddle blocking the bathtub?" Olivia, "We're playing barn, Mom." So this is my plan, 9am-12pm any kid in my house under age 6 is on a schedule. LOL. No really, if you have little one's consider setting up a schedule of events. Write it up on a marker board. Let the children help with the planning. I call it MY… Continue

So It's Sunday (my Wed) and its mucha mulah day here. They pay us OT just for walking in the door on a Sunday so I try not to miss it. When I got up and wandered thru the house, boys n Gryff playing Monopoly, Fanya doing laundry & on the phone & planning Guitar Hero time & lil miss watching Alvin & the Chipmunks. Diva was getting some much-deserved chilly time in bed with a book, and I..had to go to work.. Damn. Yeh, times like this I despise the circumstances that make it imposs… Continue