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Saturday, May 14th, 2011
If you are a stay-at-home mom or work-at-home mom, either full or part time, you know that with the kids at home during summer vacation, things can get a little hectic!
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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Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Ok, it’s one of the first few days of summer vacation…
the kids are home, starting to get a little restless and you are scrambling for something to keep them occupied for 15 minutes!
If you don’t find something quick, they are going to start dragging out all of the blankets, pillows and towels they can find to make a fort!
Printable coloring pages to the rescue! I lined them up by the computer (4 kids 3yrs – 6yrs), they each got to choose something they would like to color. Spiderman? No Problem!
Type “spiderman coloring pages” into google search and presto! I know there are lots of great coloring page site out there, but I need spiderman now!
Next…
Hannah Montana? No Problem!
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
So now you have the tips and the tools to maintain your sanity this summer and keep your kids and house in order, but what to do with them?
Now it’s time to get it all together and get it organized!
Some of your charts and lists can be kept in your Household Planner or in a folder or binder. Be sure to keep all of your originals in a safe place too, so you can use them again next summer!
Some of your charts and lists you will want to display in a place where the whole family can see and access them. (more…)
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
This always seems to be the biggest challenge for me during summer vacation…keeping the house in order. I don’t even mean it has to be clean, I mean keeping the toys off the floor, keeping the shoes on the shoe shelf, keeping dishes in the kitchen and keeping toys, shoes and dishes out of the bathroom! If you have children, you know what I mean :)
It’s impossible to follow them around all day long getting after them to pick up after themselves, plus that just makes mom extra irritated and stressed!
In order for your house to maintain some order this summer, you have got to have a game plan that you can stick to. (more…)
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Monday, May 25th, 2009
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One thing that seems to happen at our house when the school aged kids are home for the summer is that they get bored and restless. They are used to having a structured day at school and then summer vacation comes and they break free from that structure, but they truly don’t know what to do with themselves! The kids still need that structure, maybe not as rigid, but they do need some type of daily and weekly schedule to follow. Keeping them busy is key! (more…)
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Sunday, May 24th, 2009
This year, I think one of the most important things that will make a difference is the fact that I am thinking about and starting to plan for summer vacation, I will be ready for it! Usually it sneaks up on me, I am caught off guard and do not have a plan; and that, I have found, is a recipe for disaster.
I have come up with a packet of tips and tools that I plan to use this summer and that I think other busy mom’s will appreciate also!
~ Tips & tools for keeping your kids and house in order during the summer months! (more…)
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Friday, May 1st, 2009
Are you ready for summer vacation? 3 months with the kids…oh heaven! Well, not quite, especially if you are a stay at home, work at home or part time at home mom with a bunch of kiddos!
I am a work at home mom and I also watch my sister’s kids a few days a week, so this summer I will have 6 kids, ages 3-13. I can honestly say it gets a little crazy around here!
Here are the problems that I face every summer:
- the house is a disaster
- the kids are getting into everything
- the kids are hyper and restless
- I don’t have enough time to do my work
- I am totally stressed out & crabby (more…)
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