Let’s say you have a great system in place for getting the kids prepped for school, out the door, and a quiet house for working. Then a zillion tons of snow (or ice and sleet!) fall from the sky and keep your kids home on a snow day. Besides the required “French Toast” shopping trip (bread, eggs, milk) what can you do to keep yourself sane and the kids busy? Here are 10 of my ideas…
- charge all devices – phones, laptops, handheld game systems, e-readers
- charge your mobile battery packs
- download games, kindle books, Audible books, and podcasts for kids and yourself
- make sure your Google Docs and/or Dropbox is synced and can be used offline
- make lists for the kids to do – work, household, school
- planning calendar for next three months
- use your kids to work on a ‘intro to your business’ video / article / ebook
- sleep in and make sure your kids do also
- tackle some household honey-do tasks
- play in the snow! all work and no play makes parents and kids cranky