Good morning and welcome back to Classy Classic’s By Kandis. As a stay at home mom of 4 children of the ages of 10,8,2 and 5 months I have a kid in each stage right now,😥 and let me tell you something. As the babies were growing I look back on some days now and think I wish I would of been more patient about school days.

When the first two were younger as there’s a bit of a age gap in between the first two and the second 2, I remember I was excited to be getting that time when they were in school, to have that time to get stuff done, they would be great going to school and for some reason in my mind school days were going to be this great rainbow gummy bear feelings.

Well….. As the 2 have been in school for a could years now as they will be heading into grades 4 and 5, I now think of how nice it was before we had this crazy school schedule. Way to want your cake and eat it to lol.
School days get hard as once they start that is what it is then for many years to come.

In Saskatchewan the kids have 2 months for summer break. 6 weeks, just over 60 days as they are out at the end of June and head back beginning of September.
There 6 weeks to do all that fun summer stuff camping, vacations, cleaning, and back to school prepping. There is not much time to fit it all in. On the other hand that is 6 weeks of the kids home everyday, asking for tv, snacks, to go and run around.
Either way you look at it, and if you are like me you will have all these thoughts many times and which one is the better way to look at the picture.

These days fly by, and some crawl by as it is a long time, and a short time all at once.

So do I have a point to this haha and yes I do. Kid’s are put into a routine for 10 months of they year, and then are pulled and required to keep up, calm down, and go with the flow but be busy. How is this possible to do everything at once and not get overwhelmed. They want to do it all, but tend to want to be in front of a screen!
So I have a couple points to help try to round out this square of a circle summer break!

As summer break is coming up and fast, there is as of next week 8 days of school, as I don’t count the weekends on our count down.
Kid’s get crazy about getting up and going, and less excited about another day at school in those desks. Lessons are less,and structure is loosened. Field trips are happening and books are being sent home one by one.

I try to start my summer planning in the beginning of June, so I have time to tweak the schedule and routines. Why? Why make a schedule, for summer break. It’s just that a break! All I can say is HAHAHAHA a break! Like taking kids on vacation is a “break”! Your break time is now when you get the kids to bed!
Which is what feels like never as bedtimes are not as strong. I have found that a good summer schedule, make those days at home more smooth, then when you are out on “vacation” or camping it can be more of just that a “vacation” and the family bond can be stronger.

Anywho the point to this blog is just that finding a way to make it through a short but fast long 2 months.

The first things I do is crop a summer routine. Morning, afternoon and evening. Sounds pointless and even cruel right? However I do this for a couple reasons.

There is no point of staying up late then waking up to early to run to the t.v.🤦‍♀️ The tv is not going any where and those kids need their sleep. So a good morning routine is good. There is no tv till after 10 am in the summer. They have their get up and ready routine instead of dead tired zombie eye tv watching.

The afternoon one is cause it gets hot, and they get crabby so I use this as a chill time where they need to take a little bit of a break and relax. This is where some light homework comes in.

Then the evening is so they are not running around till who know when, also so my house does not stay completely wrecked, and they actually get cleaned up before putting their gross dirt feet into bed. This also ensured that they are calming down and resting.

So a good summer schedule here is a must. I also crop a small exercise list of by stuff for the kids to burn the morning buzz off, also a snack schedule as they will not eat me out of house and home in matter of minutes haha. There is also a family summer bucket list that we do to a degree, but many will print off one and then as the summer goes on it can be easier to fill the board days!
Do you have a summer bucket list? What is on it?
We have a goal of many picnics, and possibly swimming lessons this year!
So all, the little things put together adds up to a big one.
Go ahead and set a structure for summer, it will make the days smooth, and less I’m board I want to play video games and watch 10 hours of tv. Haha.

I will be sharing all of these in the next couple weeks.
Our routines and snack schedule.
Make sure you stay tuned for these coming soon!
What are your plans or goals for the summer?
It can be hard to mix work with play!
Also make sure you go ahead and hit that follow button and follow me on Instagram under Kandis Blask and Facebook at classyclassicsbykandis for daily fun summer talks, ideas, hacks and more.
Have a great day and week as the count down is on to surviving a SUMMER!

Have you ever looked at the clock and wonder what the heck happened? I sure have almost every day I think lol, I say this lots as my days swirl together. Days go blurry and time just flies out the door with my brain I think!

Hi I’m Kandis and welcome to Classy Classic’s By Kandis, as a stay at home  mom of 4 children and a wife to an amazing man for over 10 years, I am not sure why every year I am surprised when summer hours come into play and I’m thrown out of my routine!

I have been sharing my routines this month as I try to revamp them for summer. As the kids are almost done school, things are getting ready to change fast for a couple months, so I don’t get behind I like to do my routines up until school is done and my summer schedule comes I to play. I will be sharing that next month.

However with this routine blog I will be focusing in my times from roughly 4:pm-8:00 pm. In reality it’s usually 4pm or 5 pm and then to 8pm or 9pm. I say it this way because bedtime happens between 8pm and 9pm. It’s a basic time also where not a whole lot occurs so there is not a whole lot of wiggle room.

So 4:00pm kids are home should have their after school stuff taken care of, we finish what was not. If there is activities that run late, then I will have supper ready for 5:00 So we can eat and get ready to go this would be on ball nights.

On a at home night it’s different let’s use this routine talk for a home night.
So prepping supper, and the kids  homework. I will try to have then prep their lunch if not done. We will try to go out side or the big kids will.
One kid will usually need to have a shower before supper, we eat on a good day which is what we are thinking is happening ok lol so we eat around 6:00-6:30pm.

Then I will do the dishes up, and wipe down the kitchen. The older kids then have their zone for the night and they do their pick up after supper. This is when I will start getting the little ones ready for bed. Clean up usually runs about 7:00-8:00, this is so much longer then it should take them to do but…… lol.

So Masyn who’s 2 is in bed around 8:30 If he gets a later night big kids are getting ready to climb into bed around 9:00pm.
As I said not a whole lot happens at this time, seedling get taking into a truck for the night, obviously only during certain seasons lol.
So it’s a wonky time I actually say that this time starting at 5pm is the witching hour at our house and it sure is lol.

So I will say sorry for such a blurry routine but any thing can happen at this time but, we will revisit. So, as long as supper is ready, kids are done homework started showers if not gone for baseball, house picked up and kids zones are at least nicer then before, and kids in bed. This is a good evening to me!

So that is my last bigger routine, for the evening as I just have a hand full of stuff I do before I’m done for the night. That is a different blog talk!
What do you do in the late afternoon, evening time?
Let me know in the comments down below or over on Facebook under Classy Classic’s By Kandis, you can also follow me on Instagram under Kandis Blask for day to day fun and ideas.
Until next blog I hope you are revamping your routines with me!
A good routine can make for a very smooth day!
Have a stellar week and I will have a new blog up next week, so make sure you hit that follow button for more chats!

Hi and welcome to the new blog.
Let me first say welcome if you are new don’t forget to hit that follow button for all the upcoming blogs.
Welcome back if you are a follower!
Before I get into this week’s blog on my routine for late morning,
I wanted to take this time to bring your attention to something. Did you notice that the page name has changed?

Instead of It’s A Mom Life it is now Classy Classic’s By Kandis! This has a purpose, as I have added a new exciting chapter in my life.
I now can say that I’m a certified organizer, and super excited about this!
With all that said I will leave other spots to follow me on for more day to day fun. Now with that out of the way let’s get on with the routine blog!

As my first routine ends around 9 am, it deffently can ran past that, with 2 little ones at home I need to remind myself to be flexible.
So let’s say I got my hand full of stuff done, kids off to school and the stars lined up that morning, I then set off to my next “shift” of the morning this is roughly 9-11:30am.

This is cause from 11:30- about 1 is making lunch, tiding up and getting little ones ready for naps so, around 9 I take a coffee break… of coarse, and get the small ones content.

Looking over my day again I then will start with my zone I’m cleaning that day. I try to have the house broke up into zones to tackle every day of the week, this does not usually include daily chores.

For example Mondays I deep clean the bathroom, and Friday I deep clean the floors. If all goes good from 9-10:30 or so is zone cleaning, house pick up, swapping and maybe folding laundry all of this this usually is more till around 11am.
If there is any thing needing to be make like baby wipes or fabric softener I will try to get it out of the way before noon.

When about 11:30 rolled around it’s time to make lunch.
So this is the rest of my morning.

In between taking care of the kiddos. I aim to get one zone tidied, and if lucky one place decluttered, this should take an hour or less to do both. I find that my couple chores before 9 am important if I’m having a crazy day.

Let me know how you like the morning routine blogs?
Do you have a morning routine? Do you break up your morning or have a full morning.

I started breaking up my morning as I have a very busy morning and this helps me not go to hard first thing, and be tired and cranky by noon haha.

Give it a try morning can be hard, make a small list to get your day off to a great start! Till next blog, when I vamp up my afternoon routine have a smooth day!

You can also follow me on Instagram under @kandisblask and on Facebook Classy Classic’s By Kandis 😁

Afternoon list more for after school

Always tiding up the living room

Baby wipes a double batch

Some of the day the bathroom

So gross

Deep cleaned not much decluttering today

Kitchen clean up before naps.. also made bread that morning

Good morning everyone and welcome to Its A Mom Life. I am Kandis, a stay at home mom and wife of 4 kiddos and been married for almost 11 years now!
With every child added and seasons changing there is always something new that is occurring.
Some things have to stay the same to have it all happen. This is usually the chores around the house.
Always there, usually the same, as people need to eat, and wear clean clothes…. I’ve been told anyways haha🤣.
So with this week’s blog I thought I would share my routines or some.
Do you have routines that help you stay up with everything?
Do you have one routine or like me multiple routines broken up through out the day?

This week’s blog I thought I would share my morning routine! I have a morning, afternoon and evening routine.
As things are changing in this house, I thought it would be a good week to look over these routines and see what is working and what is not.
As a new season comes and new after school activities starting! This means late night’s for 2 nights of the week!
Why not use this time to make things easier before late summer nights occur and I’m really thrown out of balance.

Let’s start with the morning yes. I am a early riser, with being a stay at ho,e mom for 10 years, I have had years of getting up early.
My morning can make or break my day sometimes. I truly love and even require my coffee mommy time in the a.m.
With my morning routine it is me time until the kids start moving usually, summer is different as I water all the flower beds usually first thing in the morning.
However we are not there yet so my morning routine is not for summer hours yet lol.
Do you get up early in the summer?
Whats your favorite thing about early mornings in the summer?

I love getting everything watered for the day and sitting back with a coffee and my plannner, and getting mentally prepared for the day!
So morning time, I try to be up by 6:30, depending on when the baby gets up to nurse depends if it’s earlier.

My 3 main routines are in plastic covers hung up on my pantry.
This way as things get done it can be crossed off with a dry erase marker, then wiped clean every night to start again in the morning.

With my morning routine it has 2 sides one is the kids list, and then my side.
I typically try to have my morning routine done for around 9:00.
So let’s look at it all shall we!
My morning is usually broke up from 6:30 am to 9:00 am, so I will just go over my side as the kids is mostly just for getting ready for school.

I will wake up, wash my face, I will just enjoy my coffee and planner time until it’s time to get the kids moving.
With breakfast going, we eat, then tidy kitchen, wipe table, sweep, dishes etc, swap laundry, tidy the bathroom, get dressed, make the beds, the little ones first as I can’t always make my bed first thing, pull out supper if  it done, i try to fill my diffuser in the living room, and then have a break with my coffee while I plan more of the day.
This is what I am for as it helps to get it out of the way for my next “block” time.

Do you have a morning routine?
Give one a try do remember not everyone’s routine will be the same, you have to find what works for you, done be afraid to try different stuff, until you find what works for you and your family.
I hope this will help motivate you in having a great morning.
Let me know in the comments down below if you like this blog.
I will show my afternoon routine next week.
This is one thst needs work and be rebalance.
With a little routine it can make for a great smooth day.
I love a good morning as I hope to of helped you get the best out of your mornings as well.
Until next blog, have a great day and a smooth morning!
Don’t forget to hit that follow button also follow me on Instagram @kandisblask or on Facebook Kandis Blask, more day to day fun. 😁❤❤

Morning list kids on the left mine on the right

Breakfast time

Start my kitchen clean up

A clean kitchen for at least a couple minutes

Masyn’s bed as he can’t make his own…yet

Start my diffuser so my house smells better lol