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Here Comes Summer!!!
LikeTweet+1Pin We’re counting down the days until Summer Vacation!!! I love summertime. I love to relax, sleep a little later, have leisurely breakfasts chatting with the kids, play together at the...
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Bathroom Cleaning Checklist for the Kids
LikeTweet+1Pin I shared on Monday that I’m determined to not let our home slip back into total chaos over the wonderfully-routine-free-summer. When I was a teenager, from 16-18, I spent my summers...
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Bathroom Cleaning Supply Baskets for the Kids
LikeTweet+1Pin How incredibly cute are these baskets? Too bad they didn’t have any pink ones left, but at least my daughter got a pink sponge and a pink topped spray bottle. Today has been crazy with...
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Summer: Day 1 – No Big Productions
LikeTweet+1Pin Today was the first official day of summer. Waking up . . . or not . . . on a Monday morning . . . it really didn’t matter. Last summer, pre-blog, in the middle of total frustration...
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Details, Details
LikeTweet+1Pin Summer: Day 3 We’re thoroughly enjoying our summer days. We’ve managed to keep the kitchen in pretty decent shape. Again this morning, the boys swept it and wiped down the table and...
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Meeting Resistance . . . From Myself
LikeTweet+1Pin Today has been a nice summer day. We’re planning to go to Six Flags tomorrow, so the plan for the week was to go ahead and get mopping and vacuuming done today. Buuutttt, this morning...
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The Power of External Motivation
LikeTweet+1Pin We’re headed for Six Flags today!!! And I . . . . feel completely justified treating it as a play day, no menial tasks, much less big tasks, required. However, there was chicken in...
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A Midsummer Day’s Report
LikeTweet+1Pin It’s the middle of summer, edging toward the end. I can’t tell you how sad this makes me. As much as I lament my own ability to keep the house under control without routine, I wouldn’t...
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Come On In! – But Stop There, Please
LikeTweet+1Pin If you rang my doorbell today, I might actually answer it. I might even let you in (if I knew you, of course). All I would have to do is smile and say something funny to distract you...
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Things to Get Done So I Can Start My To Do List
LikeTweet+1Pin Two more weeks! Two more weeks! Two more weeks and school is over for the year! I LOVE summer! I love having all of my kiddos home all day! Last summer, I was a little scared. It was...
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Prepping for Summer: The Big Clothing Count
LikeTweet+1Pin Last summer, in an effort to simplify our family life, I purged all but eight outfits per kid. It worked. When the kids know that Laundry Day happens once a week, and that they only...
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A Summer Version of My Kids’ Daily Checklist
LikeTweet+1Pin As I’ve been looking forward to summer, I have evaluated the success of last year’s Summer of Clean. My kids learned valuable life skills and gained an understanding of what is required...
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A Look Inside My Brain (You May Want to Avert Your Eyes)
LikeTweet+1Pin I actually had a post already written for today, but I think I’ll put it off until tomorrow. Feeling the need to . . . Bleh. In case you aren’t familar with this term, it could...
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How I Limit My Kids’ TV/Screen Time
LikeTweet+1Pin It’s summer. And because it’s summer (and summer is fun), I haven’t written this post that I’ve been meaning to write . . . since summer began. A big part of success in any endeavor,...
View ArticleRandom Progress
LikeTweet+1Pin I arrived home after a weekend away to find . . . . . . a messy house. So today, I have: Exercised Loaded the dishwasher Emptied the dishwasher Washed large dishes Unpacked clothes...
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How to Prepare for a Water Balloon Fight
LikeTweet+1Pin I know. You come here expecting to read about cleaning, organizing, or maintaining. But this week, I haven’t even thought about cleaning, organizing or maintaining. Instead, I’ve been...
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Experiencing End-of-Summer Panic
LikeTweet+1Pin It hit me last Friday that I had exactly one month until my youngest child started kindergarten. As in . . . one month until things change. Big time. I’ll no longer be a mother of a...
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Three Fun Summer Activities for Kids
LikeTweet+1Pin It’s summer!!!! We are so excited! Around here, we’re making lots of plans for summer fun, so I thought I’d share some posts from years past: How to Host a Water Balloon Fight...
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Random Summer Update #1 (2013)
LikeTweet+1Pin It’s possible you’ve noticed that I only posted twice this week. And the posts were a link post and a guest post. I haven’t quit blogging. But I am consciously taking a step back for...
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LikeTweet+1Pin Another week of summer down, and this one was crazy. I did laundry, ran the dishwasher at least once, and went to a movie at the 50 cent theater where something with six legs ran over...
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Random Summer Update #3 (And a Special Swagbucks Sign-Up Code)
LikeTweet+1Pin I didn’t post a summer update last week. Last week was crazy. VBS happened. VBS stands for Vacation Bible School and it’s my kids’ favorite week of the year. But my house doesn’t stand...
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Surviving Summer Free Printable Ultra-Basic Daily Checklist (And Fun!)
LikeTweet+1Pin It’s almost summer!!! Wahoooooo!!! (For some of you, it already is!) If you’ve been around here for previous summers, you know it’s my favorite time of year. I might want to improve my...
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Summer Checklist 5/29
LikeTweet+1Pin It’s SUMMER!!! I love this fun and crazy and unscheduled time of year with my kids, but the lack of routine sends my house into chaos! For the summer, I’m focusing on the four simple...
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Surviving Summer Basic Checklist 6/2
LikeTweet+1Pin It’s SUMMER!!! I love this fun and crazy and unscheduled time of year with my kids, but the lack of routine sends my house into chaos! For the summer, I’m focusing on the four simple...
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Surviving Summer Daily Checklist 6/3
LikeTweet+1Pin It’s SUMMER!!! I love this fun and crazy and unscheduled time of year with my kids, but the lack of routine sends my house into chaos! For the summer, I’m focusing on the four simple...
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First Day of Summer Checklist 6/09
LikeTweet+1Pin Yesterday (Monday) was our first day of summer. While we were happy to be home and together . . . it wasn’t exactly fun. In an effort to catch up AND get ahead, I declared it Cleaning...
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Surviving Summer 6/12
LikeTweet+1Pin Yesterday, I was off my rhythm. Which reminded me how incredibly important rhythm is for me. When the timing of my dishwashing routine gets wonky, the kitchen stays out of Disaster...
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Summer Checklist 6/16
LikeTweet+1Pin It’s SUMMER!!! I love this fun and crazy and unscheduled time of year with my kids, but the lack of routine sends my house into chaos! For the summer, I’m focusing on the four simple...
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Surviving Summer 7/1
LikeTweet+1Pin I had moments of nobleness yesterday. Really, I did. I had plans to do a five-minute pick-up (which with four people actually makes a decent difference), but then time slipped away and...
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Wise Words from Dr. Huxtable
LikeTweet+1Pin My kids are currently obsessed with (affiliate link coming up . . . now) The Cosby Show. I find myself laughing out loud while I’m making dinner and they’re watching in the living...
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Getting Back into the Rhythm After Vacation
LikeTweet+1Pin We had a glorious time up in cool, crisp Canada last week. This week, we’re back in Texas where I’m most definitely not hanging beach towels on the line without streams of sweat pouring...
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Two Plates Left
LikeTweet+1Pin Pre-blog, we depended on paper plates. Lots of ’em. When I forgot to get them at the store, Hubby would start to panic. We used them for survival. Their purpose wasn’t to keep us from...
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Happy Summer!!
LikeTweet+1Pin I wrote this back in June, but I’m putting it at the top for those who are wondering what is going on around here for summer! I’ve been publishing some fun and inspirational stories...
View ArticleFeeding Teenagers in the Summer (What I’ve Done and Am Doing)
Before I start the post, let me assure you that this photo was taken because of its ridiculousness. Right after I took it, we put back all but one box of ramen and re-shopped for better choices. I...
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