get your head in the game
August 9, 2010 by Stephanie
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or keep it in the game. The kids have kind of outgrown High School Musical, but we still listen to the soundtrack pretty often when we’re on long car rides (from the first movie, the second and third movies didn’t do much for me/them). One of my favorite songs is the “get your head in the game” song that Troy and his friends do on the basketball court.
We’re in the homestretch of summer vacation, and I do believe it’s been the best summer we’ve had. We’ve kept insanely busy, and have gone on quite a few little weekend getaways, with another scheduled before school starts.
I love the idea of not having a schedule, and being completely “whatever” to anything the day brings. It’s a fantastic way to be.
In theory.
In actuality (is that a real word, or just one that spell check has decided is real because it’s so commonly used?), my kids and I need to stick to somesort of schedule. Routine is probably a better term for this time of year, because we’re not really in jeopardy of being late to anything. No matter how easy going I try to become, their behavior quickly plummets when things get too loosey-goosey.
We’re home this week, and I’ve decided to go back to the basic family rules and stick to them. Beds made by breakfast, TV off at 9am, stick to the meal plan, you must eat at the table (or at least on a blanket if having a carpet picnic), 1 hour of rest time after lunch, etc.
and I need to get back to some sort of work routine!
Today:
get back in the game
Great post…today is our first day back to school.
One bit of advice I can pass along since our calendar is ahead of a lot of you – get the summer reading, math packets, supply shopping, etc. done NOW! It is so easy to procrastinate, and doing it at the last minute makes for a stressful start of school.
I did a pretty good job this year, but still have a high schooler finishing summer reading. He’s making me crazy! Next year I plan to put in “speed bumps” in his summer plans…dates throughout the break where he can’t go to Six Flags, movies, friends’ houses, etc. until X is done.
(Someone remind me of all that in June, please!)
Great idea of putting in “speed bumps”! I remember procrastinating my summer reading so much in highschool that I spent the last few days before school started in absolute misery.
Yes on the back to school shopping. It seems insane, I know, to buy glue and scissors (or whatever) right after 4th of July, but if you see stuff and you know you need it, it’s best to just get it done and over with so you can move on to something else (because SOMETHING! always pops up!).
my thoughts are with you today on the first day!
I agree with Jen.
We have are first day of school next Monday. So this week, we are doing dress rehearsal for school. First priority is being dressed, done with breakfast and backpacks ready in time to get to school. As the week progresses we’ll add beds and dishes in order to come home to neat rooms at the end of the day. Also, we made quiet time at 3pm instead of noon to get used to the long day at school.
Laura, what a fantastic idea to have a dress rehearsal! I love it!
Interesting point to move the quiet time to a different time of day—-that makes a lot of sense. I’m going to need to move the baby’s late afternoon nap to the back of the house, because she’s been napping in the play/common room where the kids will be doing homework.
great food for thought, thank you so much!
xoxo steph