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With the kids back in school now, it’s time for mom to get everyone organized and back into the normal routine of the school year.
I would recommend posting the calendar on your fridge, on a central bulletin board or somewhere that the whole family can see and access it.
After the emotional day of sending my baby off to the all day Pre-K at the big school, I knew I had to have a special place in my Household Planner for my kids’ teacher’s contact information. (Just in case I have to check in on my little man:) I also included a section for coaches and other instructors information that we may need throughout the year!
I received this poem from my son’s Pre-K teacher and wanted to share it with all you other moms who have little ones heading off to school!
Thanks Miss Laura - you are the best:)
When I’m a building in the block room,
Please don’t say, “I’m just playing”
For, you see, I’m learning as I play
About balance and shapes.
Here is one way to teach your older kids about real life budgeting. If money is tight in your household right now, this will be especially helpful in showing your kids how to create and follow a budget. Sometimes it’s hard for kids to understand that we only have so much money to spend and why they can’t have the most expensive items on the shelf, by doing the shopping themselves they will surely get the idea!
I just read a great article entitled “Back to School Shopping Shouldn’t Leave You Broke” at www.Crosswalk.com, written by Tawra Kellam from www.LivingOnADime.com.
So true, we should not have to bust the budget or bank just to get the kids back in school! Tawra shares some excellent money saving tips:
Image from www.GoodHousekeeping.com
Clothing our kids these days can get to be a pretty expensive task! You can easily spend your whole month’s grocery budget on a couple of stylish outfits! I’m not saying that I have done this and I hope you have not either, but when money is tight you have to be creative.
Soleo Organics Sunscreen got the #1 spot out of 485 tested sunscreens!
The summer passes on and all the while my “sunscreen research project” is still on my to-do list and I’m using what I think is my best choice from my local “save money, live better” store.
Well, I came across the fabulous 2009 Sunscreen Safety Guide: Best and Worst in one of my newsletter subscriptions and was thrilled! The Environmental Working Group has done all of the work for me (and then some)!
“EWG’s investigation of 485 beach and sport sunscreens finds that 3 out of 5 contain chemicals that may pose health hazards or don’t adequately protect skin from the sun’s damaging rays.” ~ www.ewg.org
The Busy Mom's Guide to Summer Survival
I had the great opportunity to chat with Cara at www.TheHouseholdHelper.com about the Busy Mom’s Guide to Summer Survival. She loved it and her favorite part was the Healthy Snack List which is now hanging on her fridge! We are giving away a free copy, follow the link below for details.
Click Here to Listen to Episode #25 - Mom’s Guide to Summer Survival and Frugal Family Outings.
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!
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Hannah Montana? No Problem!
