Schedules for Children

Aiden's Schedule

This is part of our nightly routine.  While Aiden is brushing his teeth I go in his room and write down what he will be doing the next day. When he is finished he comes in and we go over the schedule.  If you have been following me this is how he also knows what day it is in the mornings in order to pick the right drawer from his weeks clothes drawers.
We have been doing this for about two years now mostly just because I am such a planner that I need to know how things are going to work out the next day for myself. When we started out I used a Dry Erase Board.  However, I kept leaving the markers in the floor by the board and somehow my walls ended up with marks on them.  Wonder How!  I found this Chalk board contact paper at Khols and thought it would be perfect.  This way if he does get a hold of the chalk it won't do too much damage.  If you have a silhouette machine you could make your own.  I am thinking I might replace this before the school year starts next year.

Alrighty ladies I am having so much fun blogging.  I hope that these posts are helpful for you.  Please let me know how you organize your days with your children.  I would love to know new methods as my son starts big school next year.

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Just thought I would share this sight that I happened up on.

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My kind of Scrap Book

How many of you mom's out there have a hard time doing scrap books and journals for your children?  

Well I only have one child and I find myself too busy.  I remember when Aiden's first birthday was coming up I felt so bad because I had done nothing.  I stayed up one night looking through his baby pictures and felt horrible.  I don't know how or why I did that first collage.  Maybe there was a sale or something but now I do it every year and that has become his scrapbook.


All I do is look through all the pictures I have taken of him for the year, pick my favorites, upload them to Walgreen's photo shop, and create the Collage.  It is really cool now because I can pick it up at the store instead of having to pay shipping and wait for it to be mailed.

Aiden's First Collage

Here is all 5 of them. Yeah, I missed up his second year and got it too small.

Each year we replace the old one with the new one in this picture frame in our dinning room.

I figure when he is older he can easily take these collages with him, besides what boy cares about a scrapbook.  He will probably roll them up and store them in a poster packing tube.

So how do you preserve the memories that you are making with your family?  Share those great ideas please.