It's almost back to school time. One more week for my big kids and 2 weeks for the littlest one & myself. I love back to school time. Summer is so loosey goosey with no real schedules. Which is awesome for a while, but I'm a girl that likes a routine & I'm happy to get back to it.
This year I'm working on a "family plan book". I have attempted this in the past, but never really got it together. This year it's a little different. Last year was the first time I've worked in 15+ years and it kind of sucked as far as the cleaning, laundry & cooking of it all goes. It was left all up to me, as normal, but with my full time work schedule, 3 kids & a hubby who isn't home much, I couldn't keep it all up. I got frustrated and angry. It's not the example I want to set for my kids or the kind of person I want to be. Hence, The Family Plan Book!! Thanks to Pinterest, I found a great site with some great printables. I'm starting small working on menu planning and a cleaning schedule, but eventually I want it to grow to include emergency plans, important phone numbers and a cooking/recipe section too. I want it to be available so everyone in the family can look at it and know who is doing what and what's going on!
For a long time I wanted to be Wonder Woman and take care of everything myself. My kids have chores, but it's such a fight to get them done it's almost not worth it. Easier to do it myself. Which, I think, has done them a disservice. They need to step up, take responsibility and be proud of the good job they do. That includes my 4 year old! Maybe with the third kid I'll get it right!
Off to plan my menu for the week so I can do my grocery shopping for the week
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