Routines, Again

I took baby steps toward getting routines in place last week. The morning and after school pick up seem to be going much smoother (though there are still lots of tears in the morning) and I'm powering through the CSC. But I've failed at a dinner routine and a nighttime routine. So, I'm going to break it down. This week: dinner routine. This week we are BUSY most nights after work (drinks with friends, a monarch butterfly workshop and a school book sale and curriculum night), so it'll be a challenge to make and eat dinner at a reasonable time this week. So, if we can do it, next week and after will be a breeze. I'm going to start today by writing out the dinners we are going to have every night this week. We have a wipe board on the fridge with the days off the week, so we already have the tools to get organized. I'm going to try to keep meals simple and healthy. We made some super healthy, veggie-packed spaghetti sauce on the weekend, that we can use in a pinch. The fridge and cupboard are filled with veggies and basics and we are ready to roll.

Next week, hopefully, we'll have dinner down and I can work on getting to bed, and getting my daughter to bed, like a civilized person.