Directions for my three-day weekend...By the way, how was yours?
Thursday, January 29, 2014
Evening
* Pick up C around 5pm. Go in the bottom door under the stairs, then make a right into the hallway and walk down the hallway. Teacher will see you and get C. Sign C out on sign out sheet (right on table when you walk in door). C should have a backpack that contains his water bottle, and plate/silverware in a plastic bag. Check to see that his water bottle is in there, if not, it might be in a bin near the sign out area.
* Pick up X and N from the right-most set of doors of school (not the main doors in front). They are locked, but you can hit button on wall and someone will open. Get them after you get C, but no earlier than 5pm since they have after-school activities. Sign both kids out on sign out sheet on round table at front of cafeteria.
Once home...
* They need to eat dinner
* They need to unpack their backpacks, put away their jackets, etc.
* They need to focus on their homework. Ask them what they have on tap and they should tell you. When older kids doing homework Thursday night, C can do his speech homework.
* They need to brush teeth, floss, and get dressed.
* We showered kids on Wednesday night, so up to you if you want to shower them at all either Thursday or Friday night. Probably not required.
* C to bed around 8 so that he is changed and teeth brushed and ready for story at 8pm to go down around 8:15. N should read to herself for 20 minutes (probably want to start around 8pm), she can continue to read her poem books and pick two poems that she likes best. Once she has read, she might ask you to read to her (Freaky Friday). You reading to her should happen at 830 so she is down by around 845. X needs to read for 30 minutes. He might ask you to read to him (time traveling adventure book) and you reading to him should start by 845 so lights out around 9pm.
Lastly, X should only spend ~30 minutes on Thursday and Friday on devices (iPad/iPod Touch). Same for N and C on TV. Weekends we are more relaxed about it. That being said, X will hit his limit on Thursday morning, so he shouldn't do any wii or ipad or ipod touch on Thursday night but can watch a little TV if he gets everything else done.
Friday, January 30, 2014
Morning
- X will likely wake up on his own, around 7am.
- C will start calling for someone to open his door around 7:00-7:30am.
- N will sleep until woken up.
What they need to do (you will need to help them to varying degrees)...
* Eat breakfast (see breakfast options in meals section)
* Get dressed
* Lunch for older kids - they will buy as it is pizza day, lunch for C is provided at school.
* Have bags packed for school
o X and N each get one snack in their outside pockets of their backpacks. They can pick these out.
o C needs a plate (there are two on bottom shelf across from sink) and a fork/spoon (small and blue, they have name on them, might need to be washed Thursday night) placed in a clear plastic ziplock bag. This bag gets placed in his backpack.
o C needs the small water bottle. He can show you which one. Gets placed in the side of his backpack (mesh area).
* Drive C to Children's House, dropping him off between 8:20-8:30am. Just make the left onto G, and drive for .8 miles (2425 N G Road, ), and the school is on your right (have to enter parking lot from side street). He will show you where to go (to his cubby to drop stuff off, then walking with his water and plate to his classroom upstairs).
* Walk kids to school (they will show you how), arriving between 8:40-8:50am. You can also drive them if that is easier.
The maids are coming on Friday. They usually come between 10 and noon and stay about four hours. They do clean the kitchen, and downstairs area and then will do all the laundry.
Evening
* Pick up C around 5pm. Go in the bottom door under the stairs, then make a right into the hallway and walk down the hallway. Teacher will see you and get C. Sign C out on sign out sheet (right on table when you walk in door). C should have a backpack that contains his water bottle, and plate/silverware in a plastic bag. Check to see that his water bottle is in there, if not, it might be in a bin near the sign out area. Different about Friday is that you pick up his nap mat as well. Should be with him or at his locker.
* Pick up X and N from the right-most set of doors of school (not the main doors in front). They are locked, but you can hit button on wall and someone will open. Get them after you get C, but no earlier than 5pm since they have after-school activities. Sign both kids out on sign out sheet on round table at front of cafeteria.
Once home...
* They need to eat dinner
* They need to unpack their backpacks, put away their jackets, etc.
* No homework.
* If you want, you can take N to Dance Party at the school. Starts at 6:30pm and ends at 8pm. There is pizza available for purchase and they recommend bringing a water bottle.
* They need to brush teeth, floss, and get dressed.
* Same timing schedule as Thursday night, but they don't have to read if they don't want. They will probably still ask you to read.
Lastly, X should only spend ~30 minutes on Thursday and Friday on devices (iPad/iPod Touch). Same for N and C on TV. Weekends we are more relaxed about it. That being said, X will hit his limit on Friday morning, so he shouldn't do any wii or ipad or ipod touch on Friday night but can watch a little TV if he gets everything else done.
Saturday, January 15
Nothing on tap for now. Feel free to do what you want. I think my event ends around Noon or 1pm so I will be back home around 1pm or 2pm. N has a birthday party at 2pm, so I will try to get home in time to take her there.
Meals
Breakfast
* Waffles (upstairs freezer)/French toast sticks (downstairs freezer)
* Sausage egg and cheese sammies/Breakfast burritos - upstairs freezer
* Eggs, toast, OJ
* Pancakes and sausage on weekend
* Cereal/milk - extra is in basement fridge
Lunch Options
* Peanut Butter and Jelly - X can help you make
* White Castle Burgers - upstairs freezer and downstairs freezer
* Hotdogs (rolls and dogs upstairs fridge)
* Bananas, grapes (in fridge)
* Quesadillas - tortilla shells in fridge and cheddar cheese in drawer
* Soup - ramen noodles are usually a hit
Dinner Options
* Lasagna - upstairs freezer, this needs 90 minutes so plan ahead, garlic bread - upstairs freezer
* Salad
* Broccoli
* Pizza - frozen pizza in downstairs fridge and upstairs fridge
* Chicken nuggets - fresh in upstairs fridge
* Mashed potatoes - pre made upstairs fridge
* Leftovers - this would be good for you guys and includes, pasta, Cajun shrimp pasta, pork, roasted asparagus, mushrooms and cauliflower, mac n cheese, rice, whole wheat pasta.
I figured you would have the chicken nuggets, broccoli and mashed potatoes on Thursday night. Then Friday some of you might eat out and others can eat leftovers, or pizza.
It took me the first pick-up to lose this list in the bottem of the backpack!
I take them to the grocery store on our way home from getting them and we pick out things they like (minus sugary). Their parents know they eat a little differently when at grandma and grandpa's. Sugar is out because I don't want to deal with the consequences although oatmeal or chocolate chip cookies often make their way in somehow ;). We can't do the school thing though unless we stay over at their houses. The farm isn't near anybody :)
ReplyDeleteIt seems so much harder and busier at this age with the grandkids than it did when I was raising my own! I have to remind myself that I used to do it with much more ease with work and all back then. I wouldn't trade time with those grandkids for anything.
ReplyDeleteYour grandkids? If I was watching my grandkids for three days and their mom had given me this list, it would have ended up in the trash the minute she turned her back.
ReplyDeleteWow! Where do you find enough energy to accomplish all this. You must be Wonderwoman!
ReplyDeleteThat was your list of instructions? That's hilarious. i wonder who helped you raise your own children?
ReplyDeleteOh dear heaven!
ReplyDeleteI really, really feel for you.
I just lived this scenario - right down to the number of kids - at the beginning of January when our daughter went to join her husband on a business trip for four days.
My deepest commiserations.
It's been a long time since I've been that sleep-deprived.
By the way, we let everyone watch enough TV and spend enough on-line time to turn their little eyes square permanently.
I needed to laugh
ReplyDeleteHave 5 grandchildren
3 older now
2 young ones
that have all spent time with me.
Never a list like this.
Finally the young ones have stopped wanting to sleep with me - good - as I do not sleep all night and usually go to another bed :)
Sounds typical of a life with kids! Sometimes my days are almost that complicated.
ReplyDeleteHope you had fun with them, too!
Well, I admit to checking out early in some perplexity. We just roll with the punches around here.
ReplyDeleteI never made it past Friday morning! Good grief. If this is the normal parenting routine, #1- the parent needs a break, #2- the kids need a break, #3-Grandma needs to ignore most of it. Grandma's get to make their own mistakes., #4-no wonder the maid comes.
ReplyDeleteSometimes list can almost read like poems.
ReplyDeleteThis is so funny to me. When my oldest was about 6 months old, his grandma and her sister baby sat for me. I did not think he would survive unless they knew his schedule. I wrote down a minute by minute description of his day. I have laughed at myself over this for years. I am almost certain they never referred to it!!!!!
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