Did you know there are 21 Wednesdays until Christmas? And there are just 9 more school holidays until my youngest child turns 16. Each summer holiday we schedule the holidays to ensure we maximise the time we have. 9 more school holidays aren't that many. Are they? Click here to read how we scheduled last years summer holiday from school. But this ...
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Inspiring Kids To Spend Mindfully
The £600 Challenge isn't about spending, it's about generating cash. It's about clearing your clutter. But an unexpected outcome of the challenge has been the opportunity to teach the Kids how to manage their money. A couple of weeks ago we decided to make the £600 Challenge a family affair. You can read all about it here. The Kids now have a monetary ...
Simply Being Mum’s Summer Memories 2014
Each year I wonder if time passes even quicker. We are almost at the end of the summer holidays once again. It's only seems a few days since I posted about how we schedule the summer-holidays. And now I'm preparing for back to school. This time next week, we will be day two into the school-run once more. Did we achieve all we set out to do this summer ...
Competition Inspiration
The summer holidays are scheduled at Chez Wright. Somewhat flexibly this year. We're working our way through the activities. And having lots of fun. The chart is becoming less cluttered by the day. ...
Engaging Children In Decluttering
Very often it's so much easier to put things off until you have the 'time' to do them. Problem is, does that time ever appear? There's a saying that you 'make time'. Sometimes you just need to get started and the time will find itself. There's another saying - 'You are what you repeatedly do'. And I like to declutter 20 things in 20 minutes ...
Summer Break Non-Negotiables
Our Summer's are scheduled here at Chez Wright. There are holiday's to take, and days out to enjoy. Many fun activities... ...Indoor and outdoor But there are also the non-negotiables. Just like Patti Stanger (my most-favourite matchmaker since Yente) there are 5 non-negotiables. The first of these non-negotiables is Summer reading. (Can you guess ...
Letting The Kids’ Schedule The Summer
School has been out for over a week now. Typically I schedule the holidays as they begin, but this Summer we took a family trip as soon as the 6-week break began, While away we discovered the most wonderful village, and sweet shop. You may have seen the photos over at Facebook? (But more on that in a future post.) It's time to schedule the rest of the ...
Giveaway / The Dungeons
School's out in our neck of the woods. It's day 1 and so far we've done clay modelling, dance practice and First-born is taking a literacy class in the playroom. She has two willing(ish) students. Next on the list is swimming. We do like to make the most of our school holidays at Chez Wright. If you're a regular reader, you'll know school holiday ...
Summer Fun, Scrapbooking and Selling Stuff
It's gone a little quiet over here at my virtual home. The same can't be said for my IRL (in real life) home. School's out and there's some summer fun going on. As an advocate of scheduling the holidays (even PJ days get allocated!) there hasn't been opportunity for the Kids to get bored, or for me to blog much. But that's okay. Summer break from school ...
Why Has It All Gone Quiet? School’s Out!
It's gone a little quiet, over here, at the blog. It is unintentional. School's out in the UK and I now schedule school holidays to ensure that the time is used well. This can mean blogging goes on the back-burner. I never actually consciously decide that. It just happens. However, after reading today's post over at The Frugal Girl, and really enjoying it, ...