Getting Organized for the Craziness of Summer Activities

Summer time is so much fun with kids! But it can also be very busy; which can cause some hectic schedules. I only have 2 of the children really involved in extra curricular activities, but they are involved in so much stuff! The worst part is that 90% of the activities take place in June. There are some mornings that I will have run kids to 4 different places and back home before noon.

Kaylee just started her softball practices this past week. Now she has practice for 2 hours, 2 different evenings a week. Then the schedule will change to 2 different evenings for 2 hours at the end of May. They start playing games and stop having practices at that time. 


Starting May 29th, Kaylee and Julianna have Band and Orchestra lessons 3 days a week for 30 minutes day through June 20th. This will be Kaylee's first year in the Orchestra and she will be playing the violin. Her lessons are at 9am. Julianna decided to join the Band this year and she will be taking lessons on the Clarinet at 10am the same days that Kaylee has lessons.


Julianna is going to top off our schedule starting June 1st when practice starts for the Waverly Area Swim Club. She will be practice 5 mornings a week from 8:30 to 9:30am. Then she has meets every couple of weeks all summer long. Needless to say, our end of May and all of June are going to be hectic.


I haven't even mentioned Girl Scouts or the Tri-T organization's camping trips for the girls this summer. And guess what, all the trips are in May and June. Nice, huh! Kaylee and Julianna are heading off in less than 2 weeks on their first weekend Girl Scout adventure. Kaylee gets to spend 5 days in Clear Lake with the Tri-T organization and several other girls her age.

For my own sanity, I decided to make an activities map and print it out. There is no room on our 2 regular calendars for all the activity times each day. Once I got the entire end of May and June schedule entered into the calendar, I must say, I was a bit overwhelmed. I have had the calendar on the wall for a couple of days now. Every day I have a little more confidence that this can be done.