Common Mom

Whew! We just got Jason’s soccer schedule and I’m relieved that he and Keira don’t have any games at the same time. Also this week, we start our move to earlier evenings . . . which means that Jason has gymnastics at 4:30 and Keira has gymnastics at 5:40. She can’t get in to the 4:30 class until next session, and if we’d waited until then for Jason, he wouldn’t have gotten in to it then because it’s got a long waiting list. Soooo, for the next 5 weeks we get to spend 2 hours at gymnastics every Tuesday night instead of just 1 hour. But it’ll be worth it when we’re finished at 5:30 instead of 6:40 on school nights - and during the winter. Add to that the school schedules since they’re each at different schools now and my new work schedule and soccer practice on Thursday nights and games on Saturdays and we’ve got quite a schedule. I don’t know how parents with more than 2 kids do it . . . really, how do those parents with 3 or more kids do the sports and stuff? We see them at games and practices all the time and they’re doin’ it, but I think I’d be a basket case. Maybe it would help if Dan were home all the time so I didn’t have to do it alone every other week and worry about being in two places at once, but still.

Anyway - to keep track of Dan’s flight schedule, the kids school schedules (days off, tests, events, etc.), doc appointments, sports practices and games, dog vet visits, vacations and travel, volleyball, mommy weekends with the girls, parties, visitors, and anything else we can fit on there, I use the Mom’s Family Calendar. It’s stuck on my fridge and has been there for the past 4 years . . . I get a new one every year for Christmas and LOVE it! You do have to write each family member’s name in their column every month, but that’s easy (some family calendars make you write the name each week - ick!). This is the best family calendar ever! I highly recommend it.

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