I am currently making my way through the results of the Planning with Kids annual survey. In this year’s survey, I asked a number of questions around stress and family life and …
My Typical Day 2019
In my first year of blogging when I had four kids under nine, I wrote a post sharing what my typical day looked like. (As an aside, I remark in this post …
Are you in a groove or in a rut?
In a recent newsletter I asked this question of readers: Are you in a groove or in a rut? I had a wonderful response from readers sharing their stories so I could …
Tips for getting kids moving in the morning
Today’s post answers a reader question. You can read previous answers to readers’ questions here. I have tried morning routines with my kids aged 6 & 8 but they don’t work. I …
What my key routines are looking like in 2017
In a post I wrote earlier this year I shared the three key routines I recommend to parents when they ask me about getting started with being more organised around the home. …
Updating your routines for the year
Planning is not static. Very rarely can you create a plan and then just leave it. Family life is dynamic so the plans I create to organise the chaos of family life …
Why routines help you make better decisions
I have said more than once that I love routines and that they are my security blanket to navigate the chaos of family life. Routines allow me to establish processes for those …
Evening routine – getting prepared for the next day
Back in 2010 I wrote this post – 10 Things To Do Before You Go To Bed. Five years on this process still provides the basis for my evening routine, but there …
Daily Schedule For Kids
{If you are reading via email you may need to click through to see the video.} I have posted before about the daily schedules (timetables) that I create with my kids to …
Kids Swimming Lessons
This post is inspired by a question from a lovely reader. You can see some other answers to questions from readers here. You talk about taking the kids to swimming lessons and …
Back To School Routines
Tomorrow my eldest starts his first day of secondary school and then next week the other two school kids start Term 1. I am going to be sorry to see the end …
Children’s Routines
Today’s post was inspired by a couple of lovely readers Gin and Sarah. They were interested in routines that I have for kids and any charts that I might use. Children’s School …
10 Things That I Am Going To Do Differently This Week
Photo by aussiegall Let me preface this by saying that I love my gig as a mother, but sometimes the repetition of the daily chores that go along with mothering and taking …
Preschool Morning Routine
Our beautiful fourth child will start 3 year old preschool this time next week. As he has three older siblings, he is actually quite used to getting up and out the door …