Guest blogger, Anna Mae Trievel from Ann Arbor with Kids and Fun with Your Kid, shares her tips to make sure moms remember to make themselves a priority.
Our back to school schedule is finally set. The teacher has the
classroom volunteer schedule completed and I have helped a few times. Soccer is
nearly over, Girl Scouts has started and other after school activities have
begun. Even if your child is not yet in school, back to school heralds a shift
of weekday activities to focus on toddlers and preschoolers instead of kids
home from school for the summer.
When setting your schedule, the required items always seem to
make it on the calendar: school, sports, work and other commitments. But how often
do “me time” events make it on the list? This is even more important when your
me time activities include others or require child care, such as date night, mom’s (or
dad’s) night out or lunch group.
Before my daughter was in kindergarten, we belonged to a twice a
month playgroup for many years. Since she attended afternoon preschool, we were
able to continue with the group until last fall. Last year, many of us had
children headed off to school and were leaving the playgroup. We switched to a
twice a month coffee group on the alternate weeks of the playgroup so that
those who still had younger children could attend both coffee (with the younger
kids) and playgroup.
After taking a summer hiatus, we started back up in
September. Our group is very casual in that you make it when you can. People
drift in over the course of an hour and come on the weeks that they can. I love
having this time on my calendar and knowing that we will get together
regularly....unlike the hypothetical Mom’s Night Out that we have been
discussing since our last one 15 months ago.
Anna Mae Trievel writes the blog Ann Arbor
with Kids about family events and activities in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
She recently launched Fun with Your Kid to provide information about
events happening across the country or region, product reviews, travel
experiences and more.
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