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Back To School Prep!
Hi good morning, happy Monday! How is your weekend? How is your week?
Can you believe not in about a week the kids are going back to school! In Saskatchewan in my division like the kids go back to school September 2nd. My toddler is starting play school but, he doesn’t start until the beginning of October.
When does school start where you are?
I have 4 kids, 12, 10, 4 and 2! It gets to be a bit full in the mornings here ok, let’s be honest it’s bananas here ALL THE TIME! lol!
I feel there is a couple things that definitely make back to school prepping easier, so why not get my butt in gear and get going on all the fun of back to school!
This year my oldest is going into grade 7, it is exciting for her as in our school we don’t have a different school for “Junior High” there is a different hallway, a different side of the school for these grades.
There was definitely a little bit of a difference this year in school supplies as one kid is still classed as elementary he is in grade 6 this year and then of course my daughter is going into junior high.
I find some of these back to school supplies to be quite a lengthy list, which is fine I get it you need stuff for school I remember those days of needing all sorts of stuff also trying to throw some really cool stuff into the cart. So, when my kids are wanting to get some really funky stuff depending on what it is we definitely try to compromise.
This year when we started thinking about back to school I asked the kids if we could reuse some stuff. Then the kids were going to start downstairs.
Now, they started downstairs because I ended up the de-clutter a bunch of my living room stuff and all of my back to school supplies went downstairs into a dresser.
This is where my children started we had their list and I shood them down stairs and just told them where to go look and what to look for.
I was thrilled when they agreed to start in our overflow area if you will because, my one kid needed seven binders let alone everything else. So, I will tell you we saved a big chunk of money just by sorting through what we could down stairs.
Those duatangs and notebooks that they need like how many of, I just get my kids, too rip off the front pages and use one of those because they never use a full one anyways.
This is how I try to cut is much pennies out of the list I could for at least the start of the year.
Do you have left over school supplies send that with the kids before you go and buy stuff?
Now I have stuff up here in the arts and craft section that is not the same as what I am passing off as my back-to-school section. Back-to-school time is also great time to stock up on arts and crafts supplies, maybe stuff for Christmas you can always throw a pack of crayons it was stocking or wrap it up with a colouring book and boom you have a great present for a little kid.
When it came to school clothes this year I had the kids come in and pick out their clothes but, they also were required to take the time to try them on!
My son is definitely needed more than my daughter for school clothes. It is hard because we don’t have much kid clothes stores around me anymore. I was ordering a lot of their clothes long time for that matter. However, they were in that size that I would buy them something and they would fit fine for by Christmas if it’s too small. But, with the prices of everything I was not about to do that this round. I also find that there is more options for girls than boys.
We got all the clothes almost part found fitted, washed and ready to go for school. My son was mad at me because I wouldn’t let him wear his new clothes before school lol. At least he likes them right!
School is back in here in about a week. I am really torn about when to start having the kids get up and get in the habit of their morning routines.
The next thing that I think I’m going to start getting prepped for is a school routine.
When do you start getting your kids back into the school routine swing?
My kids are on a bus, and so we really only have so much wiggle room before they actually have to just be ready to go versus when we lived in town it didn’t really matter it took him five minutes to get to school and that was all there was.
So, now they have to be able to get up make their beds, get ready and have some breakfast too fill up their tummy for the bus ride to school.
With the school supplies bought, sorted and labeled this is definitely a the starting point that I wanted to be at war was hoping to be at for the start of the week. I told my kids they would be getting up early in earlier everyday to start getting ready for school. They don’t have to do it right away or everyday but they will be getting up and everyday a little earlier and everyday that we do something else and preparation of what they would be for when they do for school.
This is the start to my back-to-school prep!
If you want to join in the back to school routine that I will be starting if you want to see and read a little bit about that let me know I would love to do that blog.
It would be a nice way to start setting up all of the routines that’ll need to be fixed up for winter.
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MONEY SAVING SUMMER TIPS!
Good morning!
Happy Monday! How was your week?
I have had a busy week! Trying to stay motivated to get stuff done! Trying to stay connected online with chores and summer play between, time get tight!
Summer time tends to fly by in an experience blurr! With having 4 kid’s I have learned that with the toys, snacks, food, entertainment and late nights they can NEED A LOT! Lol.
There is a couple tips and tricks I have learned and picked up the along to save some money for a less expensive summer!
These money savers are my most go to for summer savings!
Looking for a way to save some extra money this summer, here are 10 of my favorite summer savings hacks!
Designated Days For Take Out Or Fun Food Day!
When it comes to summer it’s all about BBQs, take out, lake days and quick store food. This can all really add up quickly. If this is what I am doing everyday or multiple times it can get hard to not overspend, slurg and end up wasting a lot of food I find in the end. One of my best tips for this is to have a designated day once a week or every once a month to go out and do something for supper or a fancier meal. I good themed lunch 9r supper can be just as fun if not funner then take out or a burger from a stand!
Dollar Tree Finds
When it comes to you keeping kids and even the adults entertained it can sure get tricky and it can all add up really fast. I final lot of things are the same quality sometimes even the same brands at the Dollar Tree vs a bigger retail store. With this my kids break toys so fast, I just watch this money go into the garbage bag. So with this I I have a lot of my stuff if not most of my stuff for summer entertainment from the Dollar Tree or dollar stores in general. There is something that I have learnt is a better deal that are quality products at say Walmart been at the dollar store. If you want a blog done about Dollar Tree vs Walmart products leave a comment down below I think it would be really fun!
Prep The Snacks and Meals
I find that because my children feel that they need to eat every 20 minutes it can be crazy to try to keep them content and full. If I take the time to prep snack foods and parts of meals even one day a week to do me for the week, it can make a huge difference. If I take this time to prep snacks for a road trip vs dealing with all of the take out or gas station food this also makes a huge difference.
Make A Plan Ahead Bag
This one is easy but very helpful tip. With having pre-pack bag this comes in handy in all situations. I like to keep an extra change of clothes, extra water and of course snacks. Also diapers with wipes maybe a couple toys and I usually try to carry a little bit of cash around with me.
Seek And Find Free Or Low Cost Activities!
It can be hard to not go to all the water parks or theme parks there’s whatever the summer is jiving. However, there is tons of free if not really small fee activities throughout the summer oh, you just sometimes have to really look for it. There is parks to play at, if you can find a small Lake that you don’t have to pay to get into or at least most lakes their daily fee is not much this is something that you can do maybe once a week and if you can’t find one that doesn’t have a fee.
Reusable Contains
This is one of the best things that I can usually use in the summer. The snack bags just end up being everywhere, and it can be hard to get them open and close or specially if you have sticky you with whatever gross hands. These you can usually get for a good deal at Walmart or when in doubt head up on your Dollar Trees. This way if they get or when they get lost or broke it’s not a biggie it was really a dollar or less.
Drink That water
Water, water, water! It’s really important that we keep up on your water as much as I just want to drink coffee all day, drinks in that expensive you can hit up the Bulk Barn to get some out of juice at a fairly good deal, against stuff like this is also sold at a dollar store up to you whether you feel comfortable with stuff like that from the dollar store but, water as long as you’re not buying bottled by bottle is a cheaper drink.
If It’s In A Wrapper It’s Not For Home
This is one that like kids don’t really care for but this rule however it does Save-A-Lot. Those special D snacks those really yummy goodies, the granola bars, the gushers, fruit snacks these are all fairly pricey when you break them down. Simple rule that we follow is that it’s in a wrapper then those expensive specialty candies it’s not to be eating at the house, these are for when we’re in the car and offer fun days. When you’re at home you can go and make something much easier and save those for on the road.
Everyone Gets Their Own
This one is an easy way to prep everything and a simpler way to stop song fighting. Everybody gets the same thing, everybody gets a drink the same amount of snacks depending on kid size lol, and it all goes into a backpack or usually a lunch kit. You want a smarf down all of your snacks in 20 minutes then you’re not going to have it, they want to save their snacks for the whole trip then you have them. But everybody has the same variety usually.
Routines And Pre-Plan
I will always have routines in place! If you have been following me for any length of time you have probably realized by now I enjoy being as organized as a mother of four can be. With this I like having routines and pre-planned game plans because it can really help stop all day boredom. I have a morning and an evening routine I try to stick with and I like to know about any bigger plans so I can have certain stuff packed or prepped ready to go also saving a ton of money when you head out somewhere if you are already prepped with some clothes, snacks, maybe toys Etc.
These are some of my go-to favourite summer money saving tips. I have used these for years but most of them I will always use now some of them I don’t use as strong or all the time depending on what else is happening in life at that time.
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Until next week have a wonderful day, a great weekend and a productive week.
Bye for now.
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