My husband and I started a new routine at the beginning of this school year to help us and to help our 4th grader and kindergartener sons.
Our work week is Sunday through Thursday, so our weekend is not your typical weekend. We start on Friday and clean the house, do laundry and grocery shop to make sure we are set for the next school week. We take inventory of what we may need for the week ahead and work hard to reset for the week.
This reset has been a game-changer for us. When Monday morning rolls around, I feel prepared and it gets our week off to a good start.
We also prepare our boys.
We sit and talk about options for lunches for the week. We even put our freshly cleaned laundry (I can do hard things, but I hate this part) away and make five outfits for the week. These outfits are complete with socks and underwear and they lay out the options in their room for them to pick one each morning after they wake up.
I am amazed at how involving them in this reset has helped us so much and giving them choices as to what outfit to choose gives them some ownership in our morning.
I have even instituted some changes to our after-school routine.
These boys are old enough to put their lunch boxes, water bottles and Bentgo boxes in the proper places after school to help us reset for the next day. They are rocking this responsibility with a little reminder.
After-school activities are easier when we plan and reset each night. We are in the midst of soccer season and I have a love for bags, so we get bags ready for all of our activities and are ready to go when it is time.
This new routine may just be the key to my sanity… and this weekend reset has been just what we needed.
How do you make your week run smoothly? Any reset tips?
