It’s that time of year again.
When we congratulate ourselves on making it through another school year without bodily harm to school staff, over-enthusiastic PTO members or YOUR CHILD!
This is a little guide on how to make it through these long summer months.
Summer Survival Guide
- The Early Riser – The child you wrestle out of bed every morning during the school year will start waking with the roosters come summer. This phenomenon is usually accompanied by annoying behavior: hunger, boredom, leaving the house, starting a fire, etc. SOLUTION: Go to minute 2:10 of this video…I promise you’ll sleep like a baby. *
- “I’m bored” – The phrase that can cause cold sweats! SOLUTION: This is a very old trick that works. Get a toothbrush, make child scrub something, repeat if necessary.
- Skills That Last A Lifetime - If you’re like me, you worry about teaching your child over the summer without it feeling like a lesson. SOLUTION: Having your child deliver cocktails completes myriad life skills. Motor skills = handling the mixer; math/chemistry/home ec = drink recipes; science = temp + time = ice melting;
This should get you through MOST of the summer.
Please feel free to share any tips you have for hiding surviving.
Good luck!
*The soap thing is a joke, if you’re the kind of person that would hit a child I’m also the kind of person who would soak you in gas and set you on fire
About Anissa Mayhew
I take mine to the pool in the AM. I make them swim for a minimum of 2+ hours. (Mommy is sipping a cocktail on a lounger in the shade). Take them home, fee lunch, and watch them pass out till dinner! Feed dinner, and then bed time. Repeat till Aug 23rd when school goes back in.
Twitter Name: blondefabulous
I’ll set my clock, what time should we be there?
Twitter Name: Anissa Mayhew
You’re disclaimer almost made me wet myself!
Twitter Name: robinobryant
The one about sending your kids to my house to get their cocktail training perfected?
Twitter Name: Anissa Mayhew
You have got that “early riser” and the “I’m bored” routine down to a “T”! It must be universal or something, lol.
This weeks goals: Teach how to weed the overgrown flower bed ;-)
OMG, what is up with the early riser crap? Try to get him up for school and you need a crane to get him out of bed and a handtruck to get (and keep) him moving.
Come Saturday… he’s up while it’s still dark. Fucker.
Twitter Name: msmegan
Ditto my kid. Makes me crazy. I love the summer, I can get up and get ready for work without any of the morning hassle.
We play a lot of Hide-and-Seek. My kids are always “it” and for extra fun, I don’t bother telling them that we’re playing.
Twitter Name: buzzvibe
Wait! You went a little fast.
*scribbles notes*
Twitter Name: Anissa Mayhew