Sunday Schedule

I've been wanting to write about this for awhile--we implemented it in February this year--because I want kind of a permanent record of this attempt to remember in later years. We were finding that our Sundays were becoming Silly Days for the boys. It seemed like that day out of all the others was the most chaotic, the boys were the wildest, and the house was destroyed faster than any other. We talked about it and soon realized that it was probably because besides church, nothing else was ever scheduled in or set in stone, so while James and I had certain goals we wanted to accomplish, the boys weren't really accountable for any of it. So James and I sat down and came up with a "schedule" of sorts that has helped SO much. I am sure it won't last forever, but for now it really works. It kind of reminds me of the many "job charts" we had over the years growing up--the ever-changing needs of our family being met in various ways. The main things we scheduled, besides meals and church were "alone time" (which has been the best part by far), "family council," "family time," and "singing time." Even though we don't stringently stick to it every week, it has definitely given us some Sunday activity options and helped to calm down the energy of 5 little boys on the loose.