tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196213512916440152.post7510100694789467903..comments2023-04-02T15:08:47.792-07:00Comments on The Happy Nashes: Kid SchedulesLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151379118317782385noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196213512916440152.post-75043946082610617722011-08-22T18:52:03.458-07:002011-08-22T18:52:03.458-07:00Yes! :) Playground in the fall! Come, fall, come! ...Yes! :) Playground in the fall! Come, fall, come! :D I wish that blanket trick would work on my kids, but they do not respect boundaries unless they are enforced. Let's just say there is rice... generally... everywhere in my house. I gave them a bag of lentils to add to the rice box as "tiny rocks" -- and I recently found some sprouted lentils on the bathroom floor by the tub. So yeah... they also fight over the construction equipment now. Hahaha. I did try that poke-cereal-into-the-box thing, and they really loved it.<br /><br />Good luck with school!!! :) :) I will give you any hints I can. My best advice is to assign your time to different chunks of activities. Have times when you are definitely not working, and lavish your attention on your girls. Then when they wear out, you can crack open a book or whatever, knowing that you are still a good mom ;DLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151379118317782385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196213512916440152.post-57700373862598763362011-08-21T09:25:26.249-07:002011-08-21T09:25:26.249-07:00oh and I meant to add, when it does cool off this ...oh and I meant to add, when it does cool off this fall, let's PLEASE do a regular playground date. We miss seeing your adorable kidos!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196213512916440152.post-81358952672493728172011-08-21T09:24:13.946-07:002011-08-21T09:24:13.946-07:00I always try so hard to get up early to do stuff I...I always try so hard to get up early to do stuff I have planned to do -- fulfill my list of perfect morning activities. And I realized, I just can't. I am not a morning person. So I do my dishes before bed. I throw the load of laundry in, I watch the late show, I blog and go to bed. Then in the morning the only goal I am pursuing so far is morning prayer because 1) it fits into your schedule in every way and form (if I'm in a hurry I say it while we go and if its a lazy morning I say it on the couch with coffee while the girls eat breakfast). I always think I'll wake up and workout or do yoga or something, but no that's about all I can do first thing. Or I melt my cutting board...<br /><br /> Then if I do (usually) have chores I haven't done, usually dishes, I lay a big thick comforter on the floor in the kitchen and set up water or rice play depending on if the kids are dressed already or need a bath. They generally keep the rice on the blanket with very small exceptions. Then I just dump it back in the box -- or if its water, I stuff the blanket straight into the washer and dress the kids. It's when we get bored I tend to make disaster messes ;) but even still, that giant blanket on the floor is the key to containing the mess. Well that and not letting the kids run off with a bucket of rice or paint on their hands. lol <br /><br />As far as fitting in work, you tell me how to do that. I have no clue when school is going to fit in my schedule in about a week! ack. help!?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com