I spent some time this afternoon inputting events into the online scheduling program I use. I don’t do Google calendar and sync everybody’s and blah blah blah. I am the calendar keeper. If I don’t know about it, it isn’t going to happen.
So I use a program (Cozi) that also has a great app and is shareable. But anyhoo, I was going over the twins’ school calendar and adding my coming to-do’s, doctor’s appointments, etc., and I have to say…there was a lot of stuff between now and the first part of November. Yikes!
Now. To be fair, we don’t do much outside activity. No classes or programs or such. Most of my additions had to do with remembering things for school (like fundraisers or picture re-take day, because Alex missed the first round for sickness). But I can’t even imagine having each kid in an activity or two, or even the same activities. I have friends who have at least something nearly every night of the week. Not me. I just don’t like to see my calendar filled up to FULL.
I suppose we could do more. Maybe we even should do more. But I figure, as the kids get older, the more is going to come whether I want it to or not. So keeping some margin as the norm now will, I hope, keep us from overwhelmed at some later point. We shall see.
What does your calendar look like? Do you like busy or do you prefer empty evenings?
