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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean that's a terrible example because the reason summer camp takes longer for me is not because I'm agonizing over camps or polling all my friends, but because camps fill instantly, my DD hated the camp I signed her up for last year, some camps don't go for all the weeks I need them and I have to cobble together, etc. But I guess if you have good availability, not a lot of cost constraints, and get on it early enough, it could take an hour.

As for my own short cuts, my big things are:

- When my kid needs new clothes, I post to my neighborhood list serve, something like "Looking for summer clothes for 6 yr old girl -- size XS or S (4/5 or 5/6). If anyone has a bag of hand-me-downs they'd be willing to part with for $30-50 depending on amount, LMK." I almost always get a hit and then have a bunch of tops and bottoms, and sometimes even jackets and shoes. We also buy clothes but I used to always feel like we never had enough of things and I was having to order things constantly and it drove me nuts. Getting a big bag of correct-size hand-me-downs is so easy and lots of people literally have a bag somewhere in their house right now that they'd love to get rid of and need very little incentive to send your way.

- Find activities that are offered year round and you can just enroll your kid and pay automatically each month. It's so nice. I used to do stuff like 6 week class sessions or whatever but the more of that you do, the more variable your schedule is and you are always having to juggle enrollment deadlines and making sure things get paid. I also personally think kids do better when stuff is just part of their schedule, like school, and they don't have to constantly adjust to new teachers, activities, commutes, etc.[/quote]

Agreed..the camp advice only works for a very young laid back kid.  Nothing worse then spending your summer convincing a reluctant kid to go to a camp they hate.[/quote]

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