Happy Auckland Anniversary Day!
Happy Auckland Anniversary Day!Happy Auckland Anniversary Day! Finally, it is the last week of the school holidays. Just a few more days left to savor all those precious moments! Isn’t it wonderful to have long weekend close together with beautiful summer weather to enjoy before school starts for the year. To ease my way back into next weeks routines, this is the week that I’ll be trying to get them implemented and established. A good routine makes life a little bit easier. This is the week to start introducing or reestablishing routines that have slipped or perhaps even disappeared completely over the last seven weeks. I find that my children thrive on routine but that it always slips or disappears during the school holidays. The morning routine really starts the night before. If I know that time is a critical factor the following day, I might talk though the action plan the night before when putting them to bed, and asking them questions like what they want for breakfast the following morning, what do they want in their lunchbox etc This removes decisions to be made in the morning, and means I can have breakfast ready for them before they get up. It is always a good idea to have bags packed the night before. You never know when everyone is going to sleep through their alarms (or have forgotten to set them) and you need to grab and go. Perhaps this time of is still absolutely chaotic s for you, juggling work, school holidays, activities and play dates and of course the pressure to *enjoy it all * - I do hope you find a few minutes of peace among the chaos this week! |
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Serenity Lane
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