A few weeks ago I was having lunch with a dear friend. We were talking about summer and she shared that she had created a daily schedule. “This is brilliant!”, I thought and lamented that I wasn’t more organized. I asked her if she would be open to sharing it with me and she joyfully agreed. That night, I opened her email and found an elegant, simple to follow, age appropriate schedule. She had been a school teacher for many years, so it makes perfect sense that she would be full of amazing ideas, organized perfectly.
Suddenly, creating a summer schedule didn’t seem overwhelming at all.
That night, I opened her schedule and began to adjust it for our family. I suddenly had a flash back… wait one second. This feels oddly familiar. I started looking through my old blog archives and there it was:
Wow – had it been so long since those early days in Arizona that I had forgotten making a summer schedule?! This is why moms need community! We need those other moms to encourage us to keep going one day at a time when everything seems overwhelming.
So, I used Julie’s daily template and creative time template and added a weekly theme to the mix (because who doesn’t love a good theme?!). We have completed week one and I’m feeling pretty confident about things so far! Of course there are moments each day when I wonderful what-on-earth I’m dong, but this schedule helps immensely!
This summer the kids are 14, 10, and 8. Please feel free to use any of this as inspiration!
I hope your summer is fantastic! (And a special thank you to my friend, Julie, for encouraging talks and helpful inspiration!)
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