Getting Organized for Summer: Episode 51

The Mom Hour

Mom Hour Media

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2016

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

We’re all about laid-back, low-key summer fun – but sometimes it takes a little planning ahead to make room for all that lazing around. In Episode 51 Meagan and Sarah talk about getting organized for summer – from what to do with the avalanche of school papers that come home this time of year, to looking at the calendar and making room for the stuff (literal and figurative) that matters.

Whether you’re days (yay!) or weeks (hang in there, mama) away from summer’s official start, we hope you’ll join us!

LINKS MENTIONED:

Last year’s end-of-school podcast where we laughed – and griped – about this time of year
On dealing with the paper onslaught…
3 Tips for Tackling End-of-School Year Clutter (Meagan for The Happiest Home)
The Lakeshore Learning keepsake portfolio that Sarah uses
On purging clothes and toys…
Meagan’s super simple strategy for organizing seasonal clothes and hand-me-downs
Episode 35: Stuff, Junk & Things
On planning the calendar and bucket lists
Sarah’s Summer Mom Manifesto (kind of like a bucket list, but with more holes) (The Happiest Home)
A dissenting opinion on bucket lists from our friend Sarah Stewart Holland at bluegrass redhead
Sarah’s “just structured enough” summer schedule for kids (The Happiest Home)

Transcript

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0:00.0	Okay, Sarah, I know we both want to raise caring and kind kids, but it's not always easy to identify ways to help them engage with the world generously.
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1:08.3	Hi, I'm Sarah. I'm a mom of three kids ages two, five, and seven, and I live in Southern California.
1:20.0	And I'm Megan. I am the mom of five kids ages six through 17, and I live in Michigan.
1:26.7	This is the mom hour part of the Life Listen Network.
1:37.9	Hey everyone and welcome to episode 51 of the mom hour I am Megan Francis here as always with Sarah Powers hey Sarah.
1:40.3	Hey Megan how are you good I feel like 51 is, we just hit a big milestone or like went over a hurdle or...
1:46.2	It's all downhill from here.
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