…and get organized for fall. This is the topic of my July newsletter (which I’ll be sending out later today!) It’s hard to believe it, but where I live, there are just four weeks left until it’s back to school! In my article this month I talk about ideas to make the most out of summer, and get started now for fall.
We’ve been having loads of fun this summer…catching fireflies, going for walks in the evening, riding our bikes, growing a garden, and just enjoying all that is good about summer. But I still have a few things I want to be sure to do before summer officially fades away:
- Go to a local farmer’s market. We have a great farmer’s market in my town…now that baseball season is over and my Saturday’s are freer, this is going to the top of the list.
- Get up early and enjoy the cool(er) summer mornings going for a walk or a run. I love getting up at the crack of dawn and heading outdoors. It’s getting to be the time of the summer when morning (or evening) are the few bearable hours heat-wise.
- Make S’mores. Yum. Even though we don’t have a camping trip planned…maybe S’mores over the grill. That sounds fun. 🙂
- Go to the water-park. It’s become a summer tradition…and it’s still on the to-do list! I’ve got that one scheduled for next week. Keep your finger’s crossed for good weather.
OK…so now that we’ve got the fun captured, let’s get organized for fall. Here are just a few of the ideas I shared in the newsletter, along with more info on making them happen:
- Create a homework station. Keep a stash of extra school and craft supplies at home so your child will have everything he needs at the ready come homework time. With all the back-to-school sales, now is a great time to stock up. This past blog post shares ideas for setting up a craft / homework cabinet.
- Set-up a lunch station. Carve out a spot in the kitchen for lunch-making supplies. This past blog post shows you how.
- Update your home management binder. Clear out old info and create space for the new school paperwork headed your way.
- Set up a school paperwork binder. If there’s one thing I don’t miss about school, it’s all those papers that come home in the backpack! (Are you with me on that one?) Get ready for the onslaught of paper by setting up a school artwork binder—a centralized place to corral together the keepsakes your kids bring home from school. You can find more info on that project here.
How about you? What are your plans for squeezing the best out of what’s left of summer? Do you still have things on your summer fun to-do list? How about plans for getting ready for fall? Please share…I love hearing your thoughts and ideas!
My little boy is starting kindergarten in a few weeks. I am a little sad since he is my oldest and growing up so fast. I have promised him for years that we can go to a local mini golf park. We keep putting it off due to being so busy. I am finally taking him there next week. That is my one goal before summer ends ~ besides giving him all the attention I can!
Jean
http://www.moodymaria.blogspot.com
My goal for summer is to sort through the girl’s recipes. Every year I ask significant people (teachers, family, friends, etc) in their lives for a favorite recipe. Then when they graduate from high school I will give them their cookbook from people they have known throughout their lives. My oldest daughter is 11 and she has recipes from her first year of life! I have to sort them all though and starting separating each other’s their recipe boxes just aren’t doing the trick!!!
I’m so excited I found you site! I love getting new ideas for ways to organize! I hate that we’re already having to think about school time again, that means summer is almost over:( But, I love the school paperwork binder, I will definitely be doing this one! Thanks for all of the wonderful ideas.
April
http://www.aprildawns.blogspot.com
we still need to go to bar harbor/acadia nat’l park & check out the sites…the beach, thunderhole, cadilac mtn – all that stuff. we have our local summer country fair in a week or two. not my favorite thing to do but the kids love it. and i really want to go to a new eatery in rockland, maine called primo. i’ve heard wonderful things but have not been. our school doesn’t start until sept 15th so we have tons of time. my fall list of things to do: organize a kids party (5th bday), get a lunch station together (just added!!), sign up for some of your classes (are you doing anything for the holidays again this year?), start my photography class with wendy schultz (beeen waiting for 8 months to get into her class!!) and carve some time for myself (maybe see a broadway show that I want to see!). living so close to NYC, i rarely take advantage of what the city has to offer.
Hi, Stacy,
Yes, I plan to do a holidays workshop again. Don’t have all the details worked out yet…but I’m thinking it will be simliar to last year, but with the online community and another project (or two.) That’s what’s percolating in my head right now anyway.
Enjoy the rest of your summer!
Aby
I love your command central binder! That would be a PERFECT complement to more than 300 lists and planning pages at ListPlanIt.com that can be printed, filled in, and collected in a command central binder.
Jen
http://www.ListPlanIt.com
Please tell me you’ve been (and love) Fournie Farms….what I would do for some fournie’s sweet corn right now!
I’m so excited to have found your site…Thank you for all the great ideas to complete summer…I can’t wait to put some of them into practice…Looking forward to receiving your next newsletter…