Comments on: Summertime Routines http://daniellebean.com/2008/05/08/summertime-routines/ Catholic mother and author Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:55:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: JO http://daniellebean.com/2008/05/08/summertime-routines/comment-page-1/#comment-11077 JO Fri, 09 May 2008 19:51:26 +0000 http://daniellebean.com/?p=4206#comment-11077 I AM NEWLY RETIRED, AND SORT OF CHOMPING AT THE BIT! hOW CAN THE WORLD GET ALONG WITHOUT ME? i HAVE BEEN A FAMILY THERAPIST ALL MY LIFE, AND A PROBLEM SOLVER FOR OTHERS . . I SAW A BUMPER STICKER ON A CAR OUTSIDE THE SUPER MARKET THE OTHER DAY THAT SAID: RETIRED . . TIRED YESTERDAY AND TIRED AGAIN TODAY! THAT'S OKAY, TOO. NOT TO HAVE TO BE AT THE OFFICE EARLY, APPOINMENTS ALL DAY . . JUST SLEEP IN A BIT . . NOT TOO BAD . . GET INVOLVED IN A HEALTH CLUB . . SWIM . . AEROBICS . . WALK . . GARDEN . . PET MY DOG A LITTLE MORE! DOES THAT SOUND GOOD OR WHAT! I AM NEWLY RETIRED, AND SORT OF CHOMPING AT THE BIT! hOW CAN THE WORLD GET ALONG WITHOUT ME? i HAVE BEEN A FAMILY THERAPIST ALL MY LIFE, AND A PROBLEM SOLVER FOR OTHERS . . I SAW A BUMPER STICKER ON A CAR OUTSIDE THE SUPER MARKET THE OTHER DAY THAT SAID: RETIRED . . TIRED YESTERDAY AND TIRED AGAIN TODAY! THAT’S OKAY, TOO. NOT TO HAVE TO BE AT THE OFFICE EARLY, APPOINMENTS ALL DAY . . JUST SLEEP IN A BIT . . NOT TOO BAD . . GET INVOLVED IN A HEALTH CLUB . . SWIM . . AEROBICS . . WALK . . GARDEN . . PET MY DOG A LITTLE MORE! DOES THAT SOUND GOOD OR WHAT!

]]> By: Laurajean http://daniellebean.com/2008/05/08/summertime-routines/comment-page-1/#comment-11073 Laurajean Fri, 09 May 2008 15:13:02 +0000 http://daniellebean.com/?p=4206#comment-11073 I have a confession -- we are homeschoolers who haven't homeschooled in weeks! The weather here has been beautiful, in the 60's and 70's. My 8 kids play rec league soccer and do drama and ballet, so those have been our only scheduled activities. By the time the soccer season is over and the play and ballet recital have passed, it will be 90's outside and muggy and miserable. THEN we will come indoors to the AC and get back to school. When the weather starts to get cool again, that's when we head to the beach (OBX) for a gorgeous week of 80's days by the pool and in the sand, and off-season rates! Works for us! I have a confession — we are homeschoolers who haven’t homeschooled in weeks! The weather here has been beautiful, in the 60′s and 70′s. My 8 kids play rec league soccer and do drama and ballet, so those have been our only scheduled activities. By the time the soccer season is over and the play and ballet recital have passed, it will be 90′s outside and muggy and miserable. THEN we will come indoors to the AC and get back to school. When the weather starts to get cool again, that’s when we head to the beach (OBX) for a gorgeous week of 80′s days by the pool and in the sand, and off-season rates! Works for us!

]]> By: mrs.samm http://daniellebean.com/2008/05/08/summertime-routines/comment-page-1/#comment-11072 mrs.samm Fri, 09 May 2008 15:02:00 +0000 http://daniellebean.com/?p=4206#comment-11072 Summer in Canada looks like this....ahhhhhhhhh! We live near Niagara Falls and take full advantage of that. Then we travel North to the Muskoka's. On the map Southern Ontario is very low into the states, almost Northern California, and very hot. We get heavy humid weather most of the summer. Up North, the air is cleaner, cooler and filled with adventures. We tend to stick close to home most of the summer and just take a dip in the pool here and there and do whatever sounds like fun each day. Less is more for our summer fun. Summer in Canada looks like this….ahhhhhhhhh! We live near Niagara Falls and take full advantage of that. Then we travel North to the Muskoka’s. On the map Southern Ontario is very low into the states, almost Northern California, and very hot. We get heavy humid weather most of the summer. Up North, the air is cleaner, cooler and filled with adventures. We tend to stick close to home most of the summer and just take a dip in the pool here and there and do whatever sounds like fun each day. Less is more for our summer fun.

]]> By: Mary B http://daniellebean.com/2008/05/08/summertime-routines/comment-page-1/#comment-11071 Mary B Fri, 09 May 2008 14:22:10 +0000 http://daniellebean.com/?p=4206#comment-11071 Forgot the Bored Box! Its a 'game' to eliminate those dreaded words. The full directions are on wmch.stblogs.com but basically you write up a huge number of things to do on little pieces of paper. If child is caught saying "I'm bored " They must chose an item and do whatever it says for 30 mins No Matter What! Its summer--unless your on your way to Mass Mom has to say yes (So chose your list carefully!) We include chores, Catholic activities, fun things, reading etc. Boy things and girl things. My 12 year old son once had to play dolls for 30 mins which mean he spent time with his sister. Result: she was less needy and whiney and he was less bored with his own toys. An important part of the directions is the lesson to the child: if you say I'm bored that means you are being boring to your siblings and friends. We will 'save' them from you for 1/2 an hour. For moms it forces me to ignore mess and noise and focus on the joy of summer and childhood. I can't take credit, it was an unschooling mom I met 12 years ago. Forgot the Bored Box!
Its a ‘game’ to eliminate those dreaded words. The full directions are on wmch.stblogs.com but basically you write up a huge number of things to do on little pieces of paper. If child is caught saying “I’m bored ” They must chose an item and do whatever it says for 30 mins No Matter What! Its summer–unless your on your way to Mass Mom has to say yes (So chose your list carefully!)
We include chores, Catholic activities, fun things, reading etc. Boy things and girl things. My 12 year old son once had to play dolls for 30 mins which mean he spent time with his sister. Result: she was less needy and whiney and he was less bored with his own toys.
An important part of the directions is the lesson to the child: if you say I’m bored that means you are being boring to your siblings and friends. We will ‘save’ them from you for 1/2 an hour. For moms it forces me to ignore mess and noise and focus on the joy of summer and childhood.
I can’t take credit, it was an unschooling mom I met 12 years ago.

]]> By: ambrose http://daniellebean.com/2008/05/08/summertime-routines/comment-page-1/#comment-11070 ambrose Fri, 09 May 2008 14:15:22 +0000 http://daniellebean.com/?p=4206#comment-11070 We are trying to get back to the US for 4-6 weeks so i can visit our old life--weekly visits to the library and the connected art and natural history museums, watching baseball games (either the Pirates perpetually losing or my nephew's little league), heading to the Outer Banks for a week---just enjoying the summer with family. If not, it will be finding as much air-conditioned entertainment as we can as in the summer here in Shenzhen the temperature is routinely over 90 degrees with 95% humidity. We are trying to get back to the US for 4-6 weeks so i can visit our old life–weekly visits to the library and the connected art and natural history museums, watching baseball games (either the Pirates perpetually losing or my nephew’s little league), heading to the Outer Banks for a week—just enjoying the summer with family.
If not, it will be finding as much air-conditioned entertainment as we can as in the summer here in Shenzhen the temperature is routinely over 90 degrees with 95% humidity.

]]> By: Melissa http://daniellebean.com/2008/05/08/summertime-routines/comment-page-1/#comment-11067 Melissa Fri, 09 May 2008 12:44:56 +0000 http://daniellebean.com/?p=4206#comment-11067 My 4-year-old son tends to be painfully shy by nature. But since warm weather has hit and he has been spending long hours outside "working" in the garden with his daddy, picking out grubs and such - or just playing nearby - he has been gaining so much confidence. It has been so good for his little soul. I know a lot of it is that he's with his daddy, but there is also something therapeutic about lots of time outdoors. My 4-year-old son tends to be painfully shy by nature. But since warm weather has hit and he has been spending long hours outside “working” in the garden with his daddy, picking out grubs and such – or just playing nearby – he has been gaining so much confidence. It has been so good for his little soul. I know a lot of it is that he’s with his daddy, but there is also something therapeutic about lots of time outdoors.

]]> By: Sarah R. http://daniellebean.com/2008/05/08/summertime-routines/comment-page-1/#comment-11065 Sarah R. Fri, 09 May 2008 09:57:59 +0000 http://daniellebean.com/?p=4206#comment-11065 Our routines get chucked as the days get longer, too, though our family too tends to fall into a routine (the non-routine routine?). We use the grill more, have dinner later, and stay up later. We all have to get up for work in the AM still (kids go with me to work at the parish), but things are slower somehow. (And since that's the case, I can't help but wondering why it flies by!) We go to bed more often with grimy feet but exhausted smiles from all the outdoor play. Somehow, that captures what summer is all about for me, from the time I was a child: the not-as-clean-as-you-could-be tingle coupling with the smell of hung-out-to-dry sheets. We'll probably take some long weekend trips here and there, definitely make time to go up to the nearby horse farm for rides ($5 for 30 minutes on a pony - you can't beat that!), and I think there's a trip down to the New Media Celebration in the works too. But before I get to thinking about summer, I have to enjoy the fleetingness of spring! Our routines get chucked as the days get longer, too, though our family too tends to fall into a routine (the non-routine routine?). We use the grill more, have dinner later, and stay up later. We all have to get up for work in the AM still (kids go with me to work at the parish), but things are slower somehow. (And since that’s the case, I can’t help but wondering why it flies by!)

We go to bed more often with grimy feet but exhausted smiles from all the outdoor play. Somehow, that captures what summer is all about for me, from the time I was a child: the not-as-clean-as-you-could-be tingle coupling with the smell of hung-out-to-dry sheets.

We’ll probably take some long weekend trips here and there, definitely make time to go up to the nearby horse farm for rides ($5 for 30 minutes on a pony – you can’t beat that!), and I think there’s a trip down to the New Media Celebration in the works too.

But before I get to thinking about summer, I have to enjoy the fleetingness of spring!

]]> By: Mary in NC http://daniellebean.com/2008/05/08/summertime-routines/comment-page-1/#comment-11062 Mary in NC Fri, 09 May 2008 08:33:08 +0000 http://daniellebean.com/?p=4206#comment-11062 This is the first summer in 21 years that I will not be working. I have 9 yo and 4 yo daughters and a boy due in mid June. I am taking the summer off on maternity leave. It will be our first summer home together and I can't wait! Even though and infant is a lot of work, I plan on a lazy summer. My oldest will go to the grandparents for "summer camp" one week and maybe another day camp one week. We live near the beach, so later on I think we will go there and maybe ask Daddy to meet us after work. I am just so excited to get to spend so much time with my girls even though I am expecting them to drive me totally crazy before it is over at the end of August. Maybe one day I will be a homeschooling mom, but for right now, I can't wait for the lazy days of summer even if it is 90 with 99% humidity outside. This is the first summer in 21 years that I will not be working. I have 9 yo and 4 yo daughters and a boy due in mid June. I am taking the summer off on maternity leave. It will be our first summer home together and I can’t wait! Even though and infant is a lot of work, I plan on a lazy summer. My oldest will go to the grandparents for “summer camp” one week and maybe another day camp one week. We live near the beach, so later on I think we will go there and maybe ask Daddy to meet us after work. I am just so excited to get to spend so much time with my girls even though I am expecting them to drive me totally crazy before it is over at the end of August. Maybe one day I will be a homeschooling mom, but for right now, I can’t wait for the lazy days of summer even if it is 90 with 99% humidity outside.

]]> By: Danielle http://daniellebean.com/2008/05/08/summertime-routines/comment-page-1/#comment-11057 Danielle Fri, 09 May 2008 01:53:21 +0000 http://daniellebean.com/?p=4206#comment-11057 Hello Danielle! You are wise to caution about over scheduling. We need something of structure for the Summer. We tend to totally slack off, but this year I am hoping to help change that. We do follow a routine right before going to the beach (pick up toys in yard, empty dishwasher, etc.) So that isn't bad. Thank you for sharing time out of your busy life to share with us. God Bless! Danielle A. P.S. I didn't mean to send you three e-mails about the blog:-)! Hello Danielle!
You are wise to caution about over scheduling. We need something of structure for the Summer. We tend to totally slack off, but this year I am hoping to help change that. We do follow a routine right before going to the beach (pick up toys in yard, empty dishwasher, etc.) So that isn’t bad. Thank you for sharing time out of your busy life to share with us. God Bless!
Danielle A.
P.S. I didn’t mean to send you three e-mails about the blog:-)!

]]> By: Joan http://daniellebean.com/2008/05/08/summertime-routines/comment-page-1/#comment-11055 Joan Fri, 09 May 2008 00:57:39 +0000 http://daniellebean.com/?p=4206#comment-11055 Summer times routines. I am so looking forward to this. The past 2 summers I spent in graduate school, so I am looking forward to a "real" summer vacation. I can finally go about my routine of getting up, doing a bit of gardening, eating breakfast on the deck, going for a walk on the beach, just enjoying the lazy hazy days. My youngest is 15 and hopes to be employed. The others are all working. When they were little we, like Danielle, sort of "fell" into a routine after a week or so. I am looking forward to July 4th week at the Jersey Shore, and then another week at the end of August. That is bliss for me. Summer times routines. I am so looking forward to this. The past 2 summers I spent in graduate school, so I am looking forward to a “real” summer vacation. I can finally go about my routine of getting up, doing a bit of gardening, eating breakfast on the deck, going for a walk on the beach, just enjoying the lazy hazy days. My youngest is 15 and hopes to be employed. The others are all working. When they were little we, like Danielle, sort of “fell” into a routine after a week or so. I am looking forward to July 4th week at the Jersey Shore, and then another week at the end of August. That is bliss for me.

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