Get Your Life Organized Boot Camp {Week 2 }- Establishing Routines For Your Family!

This week we are talking about routines as part of our Momof6 Get Your Life Organized Boot Camp- and I think that routines are very important to running an organized household. Especially when you put into place routines that the entire family follows! On Monday I shared a video that offered some easy routines that you can use to help you stay organized- such as a routine to put your keys and handbag in a specific location so that you know exactly where to find it, and a routine to always book the next appointment before you leave the current one. I also suggested an evening routine for yourself to help prepare for the next day- prepping school lunches, snacks, and paperwork and getting clothes ready for the next day (or week!) ahead.

So here are a few more routines, that you can get your whole family (well, at least your kids anyway) to follow, and I promise you- that this will definitely lighten your load and make you feel more organized!

The Perfect Morning Routine for Your Family!

My “Mom’s definition” of routine is “a list of steps to follow at a specific time of day that keeps your family moving along to your end goal, without having Mom lose her mind, raise her voice, or pull out her own hair“. Having a clear morning routine allows everyone in the family to know what their responsibilities are and what is expected of them. Obviously the end goal for our morning routine on a school day is to get out the door in time to meet the bus. I know that in our household, everyone’s day gets off to a much better start if we can leave our house in a calm manner, instead of having a Mommy shrieking at the kids as we run out the door in a panic.

In this post I share my favorite morning tip about working your timeline backwards, and how I keep one eye on the clock throughout our morning rush.

What We Do After School

This post explains how to put into place a flexible afternoon routine that allows your kids some time to wind down after a big day at school before moving into all of the after school work and activities that follow.

I have also created this sign that I have taped to my fridge to remind the kids what I expect from them after school.

An Evening Routine for Kids

This post focuses on creating an evening routine for your children that ensures that everyone gets some one-on-one time with Mom or Dad, and starts to prepare them for the next day.

Show Off Your Routines!

I cannot wait to see what you have done with adding some routines to your life! Please link up here with a blog post that you’ve written about participating in the Momof6 Get Your Life Organized Boot Camp. On Friday I will be featuring the Boot Camp bloggers and their progress! And I would love it if you grabbed this button to use in your post:

Here’s the code to copy:  <a href=”http://momof6.com/get-your-life-organized-boot-camp/“><img src=”http://momof6.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Momof6-Get-Your-Life-Organized-Boot-Camp-Badge.jpg“ /></a>

So I would love to hear from you…. do you use routines to keep yourself and your family organized? Please leave a comment and share!