My 2020 Planner - Re-purposed!

In the midst of all the "Coronavirus Crazy" going on right now, I've seen several posts on Facebook (mostly memes) joking about why did we even bother with buying 2020 planners this year?  Schools are closed, meetings and events are cancelled, so what do we even need a planner for anymore?

Well, instead of just leaving mine sitting on the kitchen table collecting dust --and dust is really attracted to our table for some reason-- I've just re-purposed my planner for this current time we're in!

Since I'm working from home and Marshall and Mace are home each day now, I've had to figure out some sort of schedule to make our days flow smoothly.  I started off by trying to set specific times for everything, but I realized that everything mostly just depends on when they each wake up, when Mace goes down for a morning nap, etc.  Now, we just have an "order of events," if you will.  One thing that's always included is Marshall's favorite: CRAFTS!  

I've never seen a kid who loves crafts more!  We have a huge tote in our downstairs closet with all of his craft supplies, but because of the awkwardness of the closet, it was just annoying and cumbersome pulling the container out every day.  Now, here's where the planner comes in.  I plan out which crafts we're going to do each day, and what supplies we'll need.  Then, before the week starts, I gather all of those supplies and store them in one of these photo boxes, which I love for both photo storage and craft storage.  It's such a simple concept when you think about it, but it really helps with not only preventing me from pulling out the huge craft tote every day, but also just having a plan set before the week even starts.

(In this picture of my planner, you may notice I didn't have a bulleted list of supplies for Monday.  I knew ahead of time that that would be Monday's craft, and while Marshall was painting, that's when I gathered all the supplies for the rest of the week and put them in the box.)