{"id":2127,"date":"2012-06-03T08:32:25","date_gmt":"2012-06-03T13:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/?p=2127"},"modified":"2014-06-18T18:26:27","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T23:26:27","slug":"summer-routines-start-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/summer-routines-start-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Routines start NOW!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/summer-routines.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4092\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/summer-routines-start-now\/summer-routines\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/summer-routines.jpg?fit=720%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"summer routines\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/summer-routines.jpg?fit=720%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4092\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/summer-routines-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"summer routines\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/summer-routines.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/summer-routines.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is it, the first week of summer vacation.\u00a0 Its time to start a new routine for you and your family, transitioning to ways your family can make the most of summer.\u00a0 Summer routines start now!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have\u00a0a family meeting where you talk about what summer means to each family member.\u00a0 Talk about how you can be a team this summer and about each person&#8217;s growth.\u00a0 It can be working together on a family project or fun activities. For individuals, it can be becoming a better reader, building more confidence with math (for parents this is balancing your checkbook), taking on a new challenging sport (I see moms who are becoming triathaletes), or just deciding you are going to have more family time together.<\/li>\n<li>Write up a checklist for your kids to accomplish each day, including chores and their chosen challenge.\u00a0 Decide on a completion time for the checklist, so without controversy and conversation it is done.<\/li>\n<li>Establish a bedtime for parents and kids this summer, including curfews for older kids.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Starting your summer routine also requires commitment. If these routines do not go as planned, press the &#8220;reset button&#8221; and start again the next day.<\/p>\n<p>What routines are you starting this summer?<\/p>\n<p>Join me for<a title=\"Pinterest Summer Fun\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/EllenDelap\/SummerFun\" target=\"_blank\"> summer fun!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Here is it, the first week of summer vacation.\u00a0 Its time to start a new routine for you and your family, transitioning to ways your family can make the most of summer.\u00a0 Summer routines start now! Have\u00a0a family meeting where you talk about what summer means to each family member.\u00a0 Talk about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[153,4,9,97],"tags":[82,904,906,905],"class_list":["post-2127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-add","category-family-organizing","category-organizing-skills","category-productivity","tag-family-routines","tag-summer-routines-for-families","tag-tips-for-family-routines","tag-tips-for-summer-routines"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Summer Routines start NOW! - Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; Houston<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It&#039;s summer! Start the season off with new routines for everyone. A little structure helps everyone.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/summer-routines-start-now\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Summer Routines start NOW! - Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; Houston\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It&#039;s summer! Start the season off with new routines for everyone. A little structure helps everyone.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/summer-routines-start-now\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; Houston\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-06-03T13:32:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-06-18T23:26:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/summer-routines-300x225.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ellen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ellen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/summer-routines-start-now\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/summer-routines-start-now\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ellen\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e5122610550f3a624149d3bd7a6ab9be\"},\"headline\":\"Summer Routines start NOW!\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-06-03T13:32:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-06-18T23:26:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/summer-routines-start-now\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":216,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/summer-routines-start-now\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/06\\\/summer-routines-300x225.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"family routines\",\"summer routines for families\",\"tips for family routines\",\"tips for summer routines\"],\"articleSection\":[\"ADD and ADHD\",\"Family Organizing\",\"Organizing Skills\",\"Productivity\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/summer-routines-start-now\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/summer-routines-start-now\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/summer-routines-start-now\\\/\",\"name\":\"Summer Routines start NOW! - Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; Houston\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/summer-routines-start-now\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/summer-routines-start-now\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/06\\\/summer-routines-300x225.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-06-03T13:32:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-06-18T23:26:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e5122610550f3a624149d3bd7a6ab9be\"},\"description\":\"It's summer! Start the season off with new routines for everyone. A little structure helps everyone.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/summer-routines-start-now\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/summer-routines-start-now\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/summer-routines-start-now\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/06\\\/summer-routines-300x225.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/06\\\/summer-routines-300x225.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/summer-routines-start-now\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Summer Routines start NOW!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; Houston\",\"description\":\"Organizing Houston One Family at a Time!\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e5122610550f3a624149d3bd7a6ab9be\",\"name\":\"Ellen\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c91fa05bdbb0cd2a68ca9800280612c535e3343b0e969d34b7bce7145a563d15?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c91fa05bdbb0cd2a68ca9800280612c535e3343b0e969d34b7bce7145a563d15?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c91fa05bdbb0cd2a68ca9800280612c535e3343b0e969d34b7bce7145a563d15?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ellen\"},\"description\":\"Ellen Delap is a professional organizer, family manager coach and productivity consultant in the greater Houston area. She is passionate about making a difference for families and being an organizing resource for the community. Her blog notes her remarkable encounters and experiences in organizing.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.professional-organizer.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/professional-organizer.com\\\/WordPress\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Summer Routines start NOW! - Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; Houston","description":"It's summer! Start the season off with new routines for everyone. A little structure helps everyone.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/summer-routines-start-now\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Summer Routines start NOW! - Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; Houston","og_description":"It's summer! Start the season off with new routines for everyone. A little structure helps everyone.","og_url":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/summer-routines-start-now\/","og_site_name":"Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; Houston","article_published_time":"2012-06-03T13:32:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-06-18T23:26:27+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/summer-routines-300x225.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Ellen","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ellen","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/summer-routines-start-now\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/summer-routines-start-now\/"},"author":{"name":"Ellen","@id":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/#\/schema\/person\/e5122610550f3a624149d3bd7a6ab9be"},"headline":"Summer Routines start NOW!","datePublished":"2012-06-03T13:32:25+00:00","dateModified":"2014-06-18T23:26:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/summer-routines-start-now\/"},"wordCount":216,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/summer-routines-start-now\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/summer-routines-300x225.jpg","keywords":["family routines","summer routines for families","tips for family routines","tips for summer routines"],"articleSection":["ADD and ADHD","Family Organizing","Organizing Skills","Productivity"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/summer-routines-start-now\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/summer-routines-start-now\/","url":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/summer-routines-start-now\/","name":"Summer Routines start NOW! - Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; Houston","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/summer-routines-start-now\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/summer-routines-start-now\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/summer-routines-300x225.jpg","datePublished":"2012-06-03T13:32:25+00:00","dateModified":"2014-06-18T23:26:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/#\/schema\/person\/e5122610550f3a624149d3bd7a6ab9be"},"description":"It's summer! Start the season off with new routines for everyone. A little structure helps everyone.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/summer-routines-start-now\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/summer-routines-start-now\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/summer-routines-start-now\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/summer-routines-300x225.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/summer-routines-300x225.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/summer-routines-start-now\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Summer Routines start NOW!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/#website","url":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/","name":"Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; Houston","description":"Organizing Houston One Family at a Time!","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/#\/schema\/person\/e5122610550f3a624149d3bd7a6ab9be","name":"Ellen","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c91fa05bdbb0cd2a68ca9800280612c535e3343b0e969d34b7bce7145a563d15?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c91fa05bdbb0cd2a68ca9800280612c535e3343b0e969d34b7bce7145a563d15?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c91fa05bdbb0cd2a68ca9800280612c535e3343b0e969d34b7bce7145a563d15?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ellen"},"description":"Ellen Delap is a professional organizer, family manager coach and productivity consultant in the greater Houston area. She is passionate about making a difference for families and being an organizing resource for the community. Her blog notes her remarkable encounters and experiences in organizing.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.professional-organizer.com"],"url":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8pfQN-yj","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2127"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4093,"href":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127\/revisions\/4093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}