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How to Survive the Summer – Organised Mondays

If you are a stay at home Mum or even if you are still working. Summer-time can become a time where chaos starts to take over in the house, as school routines are forgotten and kids stay up later and teenagers would willingly stay in bed all day. So How do you survive the Summer?

How do you set yourself up so the house doesn’t become a wreck and your nerves aren’t frazzled ?

I have a few tips on how we survive the Summer.

  • Everyone awake by 10am latest. I do this by bring them a drink in bed. Bless them!  They think I am being nice but I am secretly being their alarm clock.
  • I want that one load of laundry done a day – check out my laundry post here.  I put it on every morning  and clothes must be put in the laundry basket every night NOT the floor.
  • Menu Planning is done on a Monday so everyone knows what is happening food wise that week. Even bar-be-cues need planning.
Menu planning
  • Have pre-made snacks made up in the fridge and the cupboard to make life easier. It means the kids can grab and go it saves your kitchen being messed up when they inevitably raid the fridge. Favourites include home-made muffins, bags of pre-popped popcorn, chopped carrot and apple, chunks of cheese, Nuts and home-made trail mix.
  • Give each kid at least one chore to be done that day.  Everyone pitching in means more time for fun, even the smallest kid can pick up stuff or wipe a surface. Yes they may not do it to your usual standards of cleaning but it is the thought that counts.
  • Have a rule that all play-dates, sleepovers and activities must be agreed 24 hours in advance. Spur of the moment is fun but trust me a whole summer of it will have you exhausted.You surprising your kids is one thing them surprising you is definitely another !!

Surviving Summer With teenagers.  

  • All going out must be pre-arranged.
  • Phones must be charged before they go and brought with them for their safety.
  • Curfews must be respected and if you will be late, ring the minute you know and have a bloody good reason.
  • Lifts to and from places must be pre-arranged.
  • Friends are not allowed in the house if I am not here except for one ( trusted friend)
  • Blackout binds are a godsend – get them if you can. When my kids were little I invested in a couple of pairs, best thing I ever did in summer.
  • Maintain an evening wind down routine, when my mine were little – it was the Tea, the Bath, the Bed. And even now with teenagers dinner is at a standard time every night so everyone knows when to be home and 10 o’clock is onwards is quiet time in the house.
How to pack a summer bag

What to Pack in a Summer Bag

Have a summer outing bag pre-packed – I have a bag that lives under the
stairs it contains.
  • Sunscreen
  • Bug repellent
  • a little first aid kit with plasters,Waspeze, tweezers
  • picnic blanket
  • plastic plates and cups
  • a couple of waterproof ponchos, just in case, it is Ireland after all !
  • rubbish bag. I am a big fan of nappy bags, not just for nappies they are great for storing wet socks and clothes, sick bags and they smell nice.
  • wipes and a towel
  • And a Frisbee usually, not sure where it is though someone must have moved it.

Fill it with snacks and drinks a change of socks and pants for the little ones and you are ready for the off.

As for the dreaded “Mum I am BORED !!” Anyone that comes out with it is today this is the answer

What to say when the kids are bored

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  • Ten Spooky activities for kids this Halloween
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  • Things you can make from a Summer Garden

Have a wonderful Summer everyone. Let me know if you have any ideas on how to survive the Summer. Do you have any favourite summer tips or ways of keeping kids from the dreaded Boredom ?

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  1. Karren Haller says

    June 10, 2014 at 12:16 am

    Hi thank you for stopping by and wanted to let you know that I pinned your post to our Monday Reflection Pinterest Board a moment ago.
    Enjoy your day!!

    Reply
  2. Jenn says

    June 10, 2014 at 12:16 am

    I love your BORED graphic! May just have to post it somewhere in my house…thanks for sharing 🙂

    Reply
  3. Amber Harrop says

    June 10, 2014 at 12:18 am

    Jenn thank you – 🙂 And Karren thank you so much for inviting me to your Monday Reflections and thank you for pinning 🙂

    Reply
  4. Jana Garrett says

    June 10, 2014 at 8:45 am

    Love this!!! Found you from pin-spiration!

    Reply
  5. Charlee Anne says

    June 10, 2014 at 2:22 pm

    Hi! I found your blog through the Blog Hobnob. What great ideas for summer!

    Reply
  6. Carrie Groneman says

    June 12, 2014 at 1:10 am

    This is a terrific post and so useful. Thank you for linking up at Wonderful Wed. Blog Hop. Carrie, A Mother's Shadow

    Reply
  7. Susen Kuchta says

    June 25, 2014 at 3:24 pm

    Great post!! Thoroughly enjoyed reading it!

    Reply

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