A House of Order and FUN: My Day Keeper!

My days can be CrAzY sometimes!

I have a son in College, one in High School, and two in

Elementary School.

Trying to keep track of everyone's schedule can be

a little bit of a challenge to say the least!

This is the solution we came up with to try and keep

some kind of ORDER in our home!

It's called a:

My Day Keeper!

Everything that I need to keep track of, is included in this book.

My Day Keeper Includes:

Weekly and Monthly Menu Planner

Shopping Lists

Food Storage Planner and Shopping Lists

Family Calendar

Daily Focus Organizer

Weekly Cleaning Schedules

Kids Jobs

Extra Money Jobs

Weekly Reminders

To Do Lists

Running Project Lists

Family, Couples, and Personal Council Sheets

Goal Sheets

Sunday Lesson Planner

Saturday Check List

School Information

Ward Lists

Family Phone Book

Important Names and Numbers At A Glance

(Emergency)

Meeting Agenda and Notes Pages

My Daily Absolutes

Family Activity Planner

"Here's What We Did This Month" Journal Pages

Birthday and Anniversary Reminders

Cards

Holidays

Birthday Wants, Needs, and Sizes Page

Budget and Spending Sheets 

(Monthly Expenses: Fixed & Flexible)

Weekly Over-view

and

Our Family Mission Statement

(As well as a Grandparent's Section!)

I THINK THAT JUST ABOUT COVERS IT!

To Make the Day Keeper

You Will Need:

Wet Erase Markers

Lined Post-It Notes

Index Tabs with Adhesive

(They come in clear or in color)

2 - 24 Page Presentation Books

(I got mine at Office Max)

A Picture of Your Family

and Printed Copies of the PDF Files

you choose to use in your Day Keeper.

(There are no PDF's yet . . . but just you wait, they're on the way!)

I want to start off by explaining

My Daily Focus.

Trying to make sure that everyone gets plenty of

one-on-one time is sometimes easier said than done.

As parents we tend to go where the need is,

and by the end of the week we wonder how much

time we actually got to spend with each child.

My Daily Focus is an idea we came up with

to make sure that

EVERYONE

gets some special time with mom and dad.

(Mom and Dad even get some time!)

We assigned each family member a day of the week.

That day is THEIR DAY!

We still have everyday responsibilities with the

other children, but we make special efforts

to make the each person's day special.

This has made a huge difference in our family.

We let the kids stay up a little later on their day,

we serve their favorite dinner and

we even do their jobs for them on their day!

They choose something special to do with mom and dad.

Sometimes it's just staying up 15 minutes later to play a quick

card game or listen to one more story before bed.

Sunday we focus on the Savior.

We try to do things that help us to remember HIM

and keep HIS DAY Holy.

Dave and I have our "Date Night!"

Because we love our night sooo much, it helps us to

make sure we follow through with our plans for our children.

It truly fills our cups and helps to keep our family strong!

Each of our children have their assigned color

which I use in My Day Keeper.

(Notice the colors I used are the same colors I used

in my family flag.  I use their colors ALL THE TIME!)

In just a glance I am quickly reminded who's day it is.

This section is incorporated into the

Weekly Spread Sheets

I'll go over these tomorrow.

In the meantime . . .

I have a little homework assignment

for YOU tonight!

Assign each of your children a day of the week.

Take into consideration lessons and appointments,

and Don't Forget to include your Date Night.

The whole Day Keeper Revolves around

this information, so it's important to start here.

I will show you pictures of my Day Keeper layout

tomorrow and all through the next week.

You will have a

New Homework Assignment Each Day,

which I hope will be FUN!

(I LOVE this kind of stuff, so it doesn't really feel like work.)

By the end of the week, your Day Keeper should be

ready to go!

(I'm sooo EXCITED . . . I know I'm not going to sleep tonight!)

YEAH!!!