With a little organization and planning, you can have a great summer!

The Busy Mom’s Guide to Summer Survival includes a variety of charts and checklists designed to help busy moms keep their kids and house in order this summer!

• By planning and using a daily and summer schedule, the kids will adjust to summer vacation with ease. Keeping them busy is essential to a smooth flowing day.
• Creating and following a weekly cleaning/jobs schedule, will ensure that your house stays clean and orderly (well as clean and orderly as a house with kids can be:) Kids of all ages can help with chores so mom is not overwhelmed.
• Also, the checklists will allow the kids to complete their jobs without mom having to stand over their shoulder! Yeah!
• You will have these checklists forever! You can save them to your computer and print them out to keep in your housework notebook or your Household Planner.

Busy Mom's Guide to Summer Survival

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Other related Posts:

Moms, Are you Ready for Summer Vacation?

Summer Survival #1 ~ Tips for Maintaining Mom’s Sanity

Summer Survival #2 ~ Keeping the Kids in Order

Summer Survival #3 ~ Keeping the House in Order

Summer Survival #4 ~ Getting it Together & Organized

Kid Memory Binders

I just came across a fabulous post over at Reluctant Entertainer!

Kid Memory Binders: Organized and Easy!

I was so happy when I read this post, or maybe it’s kind of sad to say that I was happy to hear that other moms are too busy to scrapbook too!

I have had some great intentions of someday creating scrapbooks for my kids. I have the actual scrapbooks, the paper and some other fun little stuff to go in the scrapbooks all stored in an organizing tote under a bed. What I don’t have is the time to sit down and actually do the scrap-booking right now!

I also have stacks of papers, cards, pictures and special items that I have saved with the intention of, someday, getting them into a scrapbook!

This idea, with the binders and page protectors is something I can do! It does not feel too overwhelming to me, and if I want I can start with this year! I don’t have to start at the very beginning when my kids were babies, and what a perfect time to start… Jan 2010!

So, head on over to Reluctant Entertainer and read Sandy’s post:

Kid Memory Binders: Organized and Easy!

She gives some great tips and instructions for putting together a Kid Memory Binder ~ Thanks Sandy!

The whole situation has helped me to “re-discover” how blessed I am to have a God who answers prayer, friends who care and a family that is filled with unconditional love.

So this Thanksgiving I have decided that I am going to tell these wonderful people just how much and what qualities I appreciate about them.

I encourage all of you this Thanksgiving to let those important people in your life know just how much they mean to you.

• Do something special for them
• Write them a letter or send a card
• Take them out to dinner
• Make a video
• Use one of my Templates below

I made up some templates so you can tell your friends and families too!

	Click Here to Download the I’m Thankful for You – Whole Page Template
	Click Here to Download the I’m Thankful for You – 2 per Page Template
	Kid’s Version Click Here to Download the Kid’s I’m Thankful for You – 2 per Page Template

Please share your ideas for telling your loved ones that you are thankful for them by leaving a comment below!

If you are looking for inexpensive, creative and clutter-free gift ideas for your kids this year, this is a great one!

These Printable Christmas Coupons are perfect gift ideas for school-aged kids, tweens and teens!

With the Christmas Coupons, you can be very creative and give unique gifts that your kids will appreciate!

Some of the gift ideas for school-aged kids include:

• Choose a Restaurant
• Choose a Game Night
• Choose a Movie Night
• Date with Dad
• Dinner with Mom
• Free Book

Some of the gift ideas for tweens and teens include:

• Get out of Chores Free
• Host a Movie Night
• Host a Game Night
• Free CD
• 1 Hour of Dad’s Undivided Attention
• 1 Hour of Mom’s Undivided Attention

These are Microsoft Word files so you can edit them, you can change or add gift ideas and enter your child’s name on the coupons. If you do not have Microsoft Word on your computer, you can download Open Office for free here.	Click Here to Download the Printable Christmas Coupons – Trees Version
You can also download a PDF version of these Christmas Coupons – you will NOT be able to edit these. Click Here to Download the Printable Christmas Coupons – PDF – Trees Version Click Here to Download the Printable Christmas Coupons – PDF – Presents Version	Click Here to Download the Printable Christmas Coupons – Presents Version

Enjoy!

Please share your inexpensive, creative and clutter-free gift ideas for your kids!

The Age Appropriate Chores for Kids gives you an idea of what chores are appropriate for what age groups and the Blank Chore Charts allow the kids to keep track of what they need to do!

The printable Children’s Chores List includes:

• Age appropriate chores for kids
• Age appropriate chores for teens

The Free Chore Chart Downloads include:

• 8 different blank chore charts for kids
• One version has a wages column to record any wages earned

Get your FREE Chore Chart Downloads today!

Click here to see the Busy Mom’s Planner!

Click on the images to download the pdf files.

Age Appropriate Kid’s Chores List	Please be patient while the files are downloading:) You will need Adobe Reader to view the PDF files.
Little Girls Butterfly With Wages Without Wages Column	Little Boys Trucks With Wages Without Wages Column
Big Girls Pink With Wages Without Wages Column	Big Boys Blue With Wages Without Wages Column

Benefits of using the Printable Chore Charts & Kid’s Chores List

• When kids are helping out around the house by doing daily chores, they are learning responsibility, they are becoming more confident and independent and they feel that they are an important part of the family!
• If you use an allowance system with your kids, one version of the printable chore charts has a wages column to keep track of any wages earned.
• You can keep the kid’s chores list in your Household Planner and hang the chore carts up.

Common Questions about the Printable Chores for Kids

Q. Are they supposed to do everything on the chores list?

A. No! The chores list is just to give you an idea of what could be done, just pick and choose a few that work for your child. The youngsters may only be able to do 1 or 2 chores, but teens can probably handle quite a few.

Q. Can I add my own chores to the list?

A. Yes, there are a couple of blank spaces in each age section where you can fill in your own chores.

Q. How do the Printable Chore Charts work?

A. It is a chart with the days of the week at the top and spaces on the sides to list the jobs to do. You can use it as a weekly chart or a monthly chart. When the job is completed, the kids can put a sticker on or write on their chore chart.

Q. What size are the printables?

A. All of the printables are regular paper size, 8.5 X 11 and will fit nicely in a 3 ring binder…A.K.A. The Household Planner:)

Let us know what you think of the Chores for Kids Printables by leaving a comment below!