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So, the schedule? Did NOT work better today. Turns out the problem wasn’t so much that I underscheduled, as that Owen is done being scheduled around, oh, 10:30 AM. And, for the record, the “schedule” doesn’t have times. It’s more of a “we do this stuff in this order” thing. There are approximate times for get up, eat meals, go to bed. So we got through the morning things and, as planned, I broke out the extra activity before lunch! Owen glanced at it, then wandered off.
But hey, quiet time really was quiet. So that’s something. Also, I baked pumpkin bread. That’s something else.
And Kate’s right: if I can think of not thinking, I’m clearly thinking of something. Just not something interesting. So now I just have to work on the interesting part.
I’ve talked before about printing up t-shirts with that exact statement on the front: Kate Is Right.
First I’ll order a few dozen for my immediate family, more as a reminder than a motto, and then we can take the rest of the world by storm. Or by merchandizing. Whatever.
Maybe you could add in a section of the schedule calling for Owen to be tired of the schedule?
You know that I’m all about the schedule, but here’s a secret: you BUILD IN unscheduled time. Yes, really! And in that time, you tell the kids, “Go play! By yourselves! For fifteen minutes! And then we’ll do some puzzles!” Or, if you’re me, “Then you can help Mommy sort the laundry!” Because I’m mean that way.
I also always wished that I had done the Weather Check with my kids in the morning (you’re probably already doing this, because you’re so smart): go outside and check the weather! Then check the day’s forcast on the Internet. Then look at the calender to see what day it is (date, day of the week). If you’re REALLY trying to kill time, you can have the kids draw a calendar page for that day, with a picture of the appropriate weather on it.
I am so serious. That alone could kill half an hour.