This fall, we will have three children to get up and ready for school instead of one. The thought of it is making me rather nervous. This is uncharted territory for us. Getting our 6 year old son up, ready, and to the bus stop on time was challenging enough last year, but now we will be adding getting our 3 year old twins up, dressed, fed, and to preschool on time as well.This contest could not have come at a better time. I do have a list of things I plan to do to streamline our mornings, but I really could use some more tips!
My Tips for Streamlining Mornings During the School Year:
- Help your children pick out their clothes and lay them out the night before, including matching socks.
- Make sure all homework and anything else that needs to go to school are already in their school bags.
- Take the empty lunch bag from your child when they come home from school, repack it immediately with the following day's lunch, and put it in the fridge.
- Leave the school bag unzipped to remind you that you need to put the lunch or snack in there the next morning.
- Leave the drinkware, flatware, and dishes needed for breakfast out on the counter the night before.
- Serve your children something for breakfast that is nutritious, but can be prepared easily and quickly, like the new Eggo Real Fruit Pizzas. They offer your child a hot breakfast with just 1-minute in the microwave.
- Serve your child something you know they will like to eat to avoid a battle at breakfast. Save the experimenting for the weekends.
Thank you to Eggo for sending us sample product free of charge to base this article upon and for providing additional product for our contest prizes. This article was written for a paid campaign for TheMotherhood.com .
What you can win:
FIVE lucky readers will each receive one box of each of the two varieties of Eggo Real Fruit Pizza.
One reader from all the participating blogs will be chosen to win the Grand Prize, containing one of each variety of Eggo Real Fruit Pizza and a Pair of Kellogg's Mugs.
Limitations:
This giveaway is open to U.S. entries only. You do not need to be a blogger to enter, but you must have a valid email address and be age 18 years or older. Multiple email addresses are not allowed. If you enter anonymously and do not include a valid email address in your comment entries, I will not be able to notify you should you win this random drawing. Anyone who has won an Eggo Real Fruit Pizza contest on another blog is not eligible to win.
How to Enter:
Leave a comment with your single best tip about how to streamline one's morning routine. You MUST do this to be eligible to win this contest.
(Only one entry per person.)
Random Drawing:
This contest will be closed on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 at 11:59pm EST. A random number drawing will be held shortly after. The winners will be announced here and will be contact via email or through their blog. If the winner does not respond within 48 hours, a new number will be drawn.
Good luck in the drawing!
