Large Family Management

Reality Based Structure and Systems (for the win!)

How To Create Your Own Large Family Laundry System

When you are a Large Family Mom, one of the biggest tasks of your daily life is…Large Family LAUNDRY. You cannot hide from it, run away from it, or buy your way out of it(unless you hire someone to come in and do it for you!)

Whether you love it or hate it, laundry in a large family is as inescapable as death and taxes.

Having a large family laundry system helps take the guesswork and the angst out of this chore. If you keep up with your system, you won’t get behind. If you DO get behind (everyone does, no worries!) you will know exactly what you need to do to catch up.

I’m going to show you exactly how to create your very own large family laundry system. You’re not going to want to copy mine because your family needs are going to be different. But don’t worry, I will let you see exactly what my system looks like.

I am going to to give you the tools you will need to get your laundry under control, keep it under control, and bring it back under control when life happens.

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How to Get Your Kids Helping Around the House – Large Family Management

If you are trying to figure out how to get your kids helping around the house, then great! You are in the right place.

Teaching children to be responsible goes hand-in-hand with giving them daily chores, and expecting them to complete those chores well.

Years and years ago a wise mother of nine children told me “If you do your job properly now while they are young, the more children you have over the age of 8, the easier your job will be.”

This Mom knew what she was talking about, she had nine children, and several of them were teenagers, a few had successfully launched into independent life outside of the home, and she still had a few in the middle age range.

She had done her job well when each child was young, teaching each child that he or she was expected to help with household chores, and then she taught each child HOW to help with household chores. And then she had them doing those household chores. All three steps are important.

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How To Transform Your Home Like Magic With a Housekeeping Reset

The past few weeks have been super busy in my family. I’ve been driving different kids to different places, going out for appointments, and the usual grocery shopping.

All of this additional time outside of the home has really taken a toll on my normal housekeeping routine.

I’ve been feeling perpetually behind, and getting frustrated with my inability to get back on top of everything.

One of the main tenets of housekeeping for me is that if I’m out of my routine, it will be harder to maintain the status quo. In my home, when everything is humming along as it should, it’s easier for me to be a better mom and a happier wife.

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Meal Plan for the Week

For the last two weeks, I have gotten off track with my meal planning. We’ve just been so busy!

Busy times are when I should be making SURE to get my meal plan done though, otherwise, what happens?

You guessed it. Fast food, convenience food, or hastily slapped together meals that don’t go over very well.

If I am struggling with my own meal planning, maybe a few of you are as well, so I figured, in the interest of being helpful, that I would go ahead and post my meal plan for the next week, with links to recipes when I have them.

Ryan and I are going on a date on Tuesday, so the babysitter will be fixing convenience food, otherwise, I think I have a solid plan here!

Monday-Crockpot Pot Roast, Dinner rolls, Mixed veggies, Salad
Tuesday– Chicken Nuggets, Tater tots, Salad
Wednesday– Pasta and Meat Sauce, Salad, Garlic bread
Thursday– Instant Pot Teriyaki Chicken, broccoli, rice
Friday– BBQ Chicken Pizza, salad, fruit
Saturday– Grilled boneless skinless thighs, Roasted potatoes, Salad, Rolls
Sunday– Taco Lentils and Rice, Tortilla Chips, Salad

The most important thing to remember when you are meal planning is to keep it simple. You can have the most amazing looking plan, but if it’s not practical, it’s not going to happen, and you just wasted five minutes.

Instead, pick simple meals, and add something extra to it if you end up with extra time that evening!

Have you been struggling with your meal planning? This little Kindle book will get you on the right track and quick! It’s short, sweet, and right to the point (meaning it won’t take you a whole week just to read it!

Half the battle is having a plan!

If you have been skipping meal planning lately, what’s the one thing holding you back? Let me know in the comments.

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How to Create a More Inviting Atmosphere in Your Home

We all to have a more inviting home atmosphere. We want home to be the place our children long to be, our husbands look forward to at the end of a long, hard day, and the place where we can bring guests to offer a respite from the world.
Over the last few years, every time I have been gone into an inviting home, I have tried to pinpoint the one thing that is responsible for the atmosphere. Iʼve come to the conclusion though that itʼs not just one thing.

Itʼs a combination of many things, done well. Read on for my formula for creating a more inviting atmosphere in your own home.

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