Seconding the shared google calendar. It can be tricky to get set up but it is a life saver once you have it running correctly. And the race to be ‘first’ to a busy weekend will be fun for you both haha
Parent brain - the only thing I’ve found that works is a shared google calendar. My boys are old enough now that they have access to it as well but their mom and I are both admins and I make a habit of as soon as a calendar comes out (school, band concerts, sports, etc.) I put it in the calendar with the name of the affected person in the title (Marching Band Practice, kid 1, Boy Scout Meeting, Kid 1 and 2, etc). I’m constantly surprised when I look at the calendar and see what I have coming up, but I’ve missed way less activities than when we tried various bulletin boards or hand written calendars.
I think we’re finally aged out of it but I would put in things like what each day of spirit week was so I could make sure we were prepped the night before.
Yeah, I am about to step into the world of spirit week and want to be ahead, not up at 11pm figuring it out. And I definitely don't want to miss a close friend's kid's birthday party or even birthday. So I am planning on doing physical, which works best for me, but also a notification on a shared doc that works for my wife and my mom and dad
Seconding the shared google calendar. It can be tricky to get set up but it is a life saver once you have it running correctly. And the race to be ‘first’ to a busy weekend will be fun for you both haha
Going to have to because we have like 5 birthday parties coming up as the school year is about to hit which means more parties for her new classmates.
Parent brain - the only thing I’ve found that works is a shared google calendar. My boys are old enough now that they have access to it as well but their mom and I are both admins and I make a habit of as soon as a calendar comes out (school, band concerts, sports, etc.) I put it in the calendar with the name of the affected person in the title (Marching Band Practice, kid 1, Boy Scout Meeting, Kid 1 and 2, etc). I’m constantly surprised when I look at the calendar and see what I have coming up, but I’ve missed way less activities than when we tried various bulletin boards or hand written calendars.
I think we’re finally aged out of it but I would put in things like what each day of spirit week was so I could make sure we were prepped the night before.
Yeah, I am about to step into the world of spirit week and want to be ahead, not up at 11pm figuring it out. And I definitely don't want to miss a close friend's kid's birthday party or even birthday. So I am planning on doing physical, which works best for me, but also a notification on a shared doc that works for my wife and my mom and dad