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[quote=Anonymous]For the calendar, everything goes into my phone. I use the google calendar feature. I can share and event with DH or anyone else.

When the school calendar comes out, I put EVERYTHING into the calendar. I only skip things that don't apply to us, like 6th grade meetings when I have a 5th grader or International Night because we don't like it and don't go to it. This way, when the music teacher texts and says to be there at 6:30 on the 23rd for the concert, I look at my calendar and see that I had it at 6:30  on the 24th. Check the school calendar, text her back and she corrects herself that it is in fact the 24th. Add in field trips, poetry notices and special lunch days as you get the notification from school.

When sports schedules come in, I do the same thing. Weekend events all get shared with DH so he knows when we can all go to something, when we divide and conquer and when we need to find a carpool for kid #3! It also helps when we schedule work travel. When you schedule a 3 pm sunday departure on the same weekend that we have 3 overlapping lacrosse games, you also call the sitter!

With everything on the calendar, it makes it easier to tell whether one child can go to a birthday party as soon as the invitation comes in. RSVP, add to calendar and put a gift into the amazon cart.

We have a set of Oliver;s labels that go on things that go out of the house, like lacrosse sticks, water bottles, lunch tupperwares and rain boots. Ours say "The Fletcher Family" instead of Jack Fletcher or Katie Fletcher because we hand a lot down and it is just easier for me.

I do meal plans by the week. When we run out of something, I put it on my grocery app -- currently into AnyList. You can share it if your spouse ever goes to the store....

Put as many bills as possible on autopay. For the rest, schedule two nights per month to pay whatever else comes in.

Work on a laundry schedule, too, Make your kids help. I wash clothes that are 1. in the hamper and 2. right side two. Anything else gets left on the floor or set aside in a pile in the laundry room to wait for the next load. (wet, inside out tween soccer socks are gross.)[/quote]

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