With it being summer now, our summer routine is a bit lax, but once my daughter starts kindergarten in the fall, we’ll have to be operating on all cylinders. When I was working in Boston, our routine was crazy, but we definitely found ways to work around it.
- Prepare, prepare, prepare – get clothes ready ahead of time, and pack all bags the night before
- Wait to get dressed – I wouldn’t put my business clothes on until it was time to go, to prevent the inevitable staining of my clothes
- Coffee – in my house, it’s best to ignore me until I have my coffee. Getting the coffee maker set up at night saves us!
- Find healthy, easy-to-prepare breakfasts that the whole family can enjoy
As part of this campaign, I had the chance to try out the brand-new Eggo Real Fruit Pizzas, which combine real fruit and crunchy granola into a delicious breakfast meal. They are super-easy to warm up – just take them from the freezer to the microwave on the included tray, and then, they are ready to serve! This is one of those products that can speed up your morning routine.
Win it! I have a product sample set of Eggo™Real Fruit Pizzas,(both varieties, Mixed Berry Granola and Strawberry Granola, one each) giveaway five Mom’s Favorite Stuff readers. The five blog readers that will receive a prize will be selected at random using www.random.corg on August 5, 2010. Giveaway ends 7/28/10 at 11:59 PM ET. To enter, leave a comment below with your best morning routine tip!
Disclosure: I am being compensated for my participation in this campaign to try out Kellogg’s Eggo Real Fruit Pizzas, courtesy of The Motherhood.
The Motherhood “Streamlining Your Morning Routine” Blogger Giveaways
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HOW TO ENTER: Twenty (20) Eggo™ Real Fruit Pizza brand ambassadors (pre-selected bloggers specified by TheMotherhood), will host giveaways and create a feature post on their own blogs as part of The Motherhood’s Streamlining Your Morning Routine blogger program. The brand ambassadors will blog about their own tips and tricks to streamline a busy morning routine, and will ask their community of readers to share their tips.
PRIZES: Each of the participating brand ambassadors will give away a product sample set of Eggo™ Real Fruit Pizzas,(both varieties, Mixed Berry Granola and Strawberry Granola, one each) to five of their readers. The five blog readers that will receive a prize will be selected at random by the brand ambassadors, using www.random.corg on August 5, 2010.
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August 6, 2010.
The giveaways begin at 12:00 a.m. ET on July 14 and end at 12:00 a.m. ET on August 4. In addition, the TheMotherhood will create, from the collected user-generated tips the Eggo Best Tips for Enjoyable, Organized Morning, by choosing the best user-generated tips. TheMotherhood will randomly select one of those submissions to receive a prize from Kellogg, samples of Eggo Real Fruit Pizzas (both varieties, Mixed Berry Granola and Strawberry Granola of Eggo™ Real Fruit Pizzas, one each) and set of Kellogg mugs. Winners will be selected at random using www.random.org. Limit one (1) Giveaway entry per person for entire giveaway. Entrants for the giveaways may not participate with multiple e-mail addresses. Any entrant who attempts to enter with multiple e-mail addresses, under multiple identities, or uses any other device will be disqualified from participation in the promotion, and all entries submitted by that entrant will be void.
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In our house, the morning routine includes putting an oversized t-shirt on both girls until we arrive at the school parking lot. I can’t tell you how many times we’ve had to stop on our way out the door to change school uniforms because of toothpaste splatter or a drizzle of jam! They girls get dressed in their uniforms, then I put a large size t-shirt over them while they enjoy their breakfast and brush their teeth. Even if we’re running late and we have to take breakfast to go, I know their clothes are safe until I turn them over to their teachers!
wow thay sound like thay would be neet to try and eat add me on in please. for the moring a round here how it starts off like is me geting up at 5:30 am everymoring geting the coffie on then geting my little one up for school and her dad off to work and then lots of cleaning and well that how the moring go’s besides haveing some thing to eat
My best morning tip is to do whatever you can the night before to get set up for the next day. I try to have clothes set out or stuff ready to quickly pack lunches.
set up the night before- shoes, clothes, underwear and bags
My best morning routine tip : Lay out clothes, pack lunches, do showers, basically do everything possible the night before so the mornings are stressless and easy.
I would love to try the eggo fruit pizzas. What a great option for healthy eating.
At our house we prepare everything the night before from packing lunches
to laying out clothes. I plan breakfast and have it ready to serve so the
Eggo Fruit Pizzas sound ideal for our family.
My tip is to pick out clothes the night before!
My tip is to teach the kids at an early age to make their own breakfast.
I’m a list maker so what helps me get the day off right is knowing the night before what I will be doing and where I’m going the next day. With a list I can be sure nothing is overlooked.
Prepare for the next day the night before-we learned this the hard way
I always like to have juice and fruit in the morning!
My best morning routine tip is to always try to get up a few minutes earlier than necessary and get everything done that has to be done and then enjoy the remaining time reading (I prefer the Bible) and a Mountain Dew (others prefer coffee).
Laura.Adams@ky.gov
Iron clothes and set out and pack diaper bag or lunch bags the night before.
Tried the mixed berry this morning — pretty good. =0)
I think kids will like them. I was surprised and thrilled to learn that there is 10 grams of protein in one pizza! They are definitely worth a try. Morning routine? Everyone fends for themselves now but when the kids were young I would prepare the school lunch as soon as I got up (a very early bird) and make sure there were a few breakfast options ready to choose from…still do!
I have a shoe organizer in my daughters closet with 5 slots. In each slot we put her clothes for that school day. Including socks,underwear, Shoes and Jewelry. It REALLY cuts down on time in the morning.
Thanks for the chance.
mogrill@comcast.net
We are fortunate enough to live close enough to the school so the kids finish their juice or milk before leaving and then as we walk, we’re able to enjoy flavored waffles while we talk about the day.
Depending on the moods my children wake up, they’re quick to change their minds about what clothes they want to wear. To avoid clothes thrown everywhere, they each lay out 2 outfits the night before. They know those are the clothes they laid out, so no more meltdowns. I also don’t have the extra laundry to do since trying to figure out what was clean or dirty in the pile of clothes on the floor.
We homeschool, so we don’t have to go about getting things in order to get out of the house or anything. I usually make breakfast of whatever everyone decides to eat that morning and get going into our daily routine.
Don’t schedule morning apps at doctors or dentists, and let the little things go. If the kids forget to brush their hair, let it go, it’s not a big deal.
Alicia Webster
5webs@comcast.net
My best tip is to simply get everything ready the night before as much as you can.
The tip that works best for me, the non-morning person – I set my alarm 15 minutes earlier than I actually have to get up so I can hit snooze a few times that way I can wake slowly.
Like many others have said, we get almost everything ready the night before. But, we also have a calendar that gets checked every morning. If my son needs a library book, something for sharing, etc, it’s all on the calendar. It helps us stay on the ball!
I m not from Columbia can i join? or can u tell me about any other similar contest i want to participate.
I always prepare and package my breakfast to take with me on the go to save time in the morning. I use the microwave for anything that needs to be reheated!
I’m always sure to have the kids pick out their clothes the night before and they are laid out to jump into as soon as their head is up from their pillow. This keeps the morning going smoothly.
I like to get as much done as possible the night before. I also like to get up 20 minutes before everyone else so that I can double check and make sure everything gets off to a smooth start.
my routine tip is to have everything ready the night before shoes and socks is very important and it use to be a nightmare looking for a matching sock or the lost shoe.
waitressdani (at) hotmail (dot) com
My best morning routine tip is to get up extra early! Thanks for the contest! codisweepstakes2 (@) gmail(dot)com
Get as much as possible done the night before and the morning will be easier. Pack lunches, lay out clothes, get to bed on time.
Set everything up the night before
We have everything planned out the night before: what we’re going to wear, take and eat. That way, it’s all set up and we don’t have to be rushing around like crazy people. Thanks for the giveaway! I haven’t seen this in the stores.
Be prepared and have a lot of quick breakfast options.
Have all of the clothes, and book bags ready the night before. This really helps.
We pack lunches the night before and eat quick, microwavable breakfast foods.
The clothes of the little ones ought to be chosen the night before!
We have all the clothes laid out and the knapsacks ready by the door
we put everything together the night before and set the coffee maker, the kids get up 10 minutes apart to take turns in the bathroom
We have all the lunches packed in bags in the frige and we eat a lot of cereal bars
Get everything ready the night before and get up 15 minutes earlier
Lay everything out the nite efore
Do as much as you can get done the night before, thanks!
Do as much setup the night before…pick out clothes, set out bath stuff, set up kitchen with utensils bowls, etc.
My best tip is that we make lunches the night before and put them in the fridge.
rsgrandinetti@yahoo(DOt)com
Prepare the night before, it helps a great deal!
My best tip for mornings is to make sure everything is set out the night before. There’s always less time in the mornings and inevitably that’s when socks are missing, 1 shoe, laptop, etc. If everything is set out the night before then you don’t have to worry about those small things making you late.
we do everything that we can the night before,makes the morning easy peasey!
ardelong2(at)gmail(dot)com
start with a 30 min. break before you get going
I do let my children watch a little tv in the morning. However, nothing motivates them more to get dressed and eat breakfast because they know they can only watch tv if they are dressed and have eaten. 15 minutes worth of cartoons in the morning makes my life easier because my children are all ready to go without any fussing in the morning.
Thank you for the entry,
Nikki
I set out my childrens clothes and get their backpacks packed the night before. We set the packpacks near the near the door so we know where they are and I pack their lunches the night before. All this saves time for us in the mornings.
my best morning routine tip is to be organized and to give yourself enough time to get ready without rushing.
Our best morning routine starts the night before by laying out clothes, setting coffee maker, and setting anything that needs to be taken to school/work on entrance way table. Then that morning our routine is just to get ready and think about the day ahead so we can visualize what needs to be done!
Get thing’s ready the night before. So it will be easy in the morning.
Take the morning as it comes no sense making yourself crazy rushing about, and have your days plans- shopping, appointments, meetings, events written down the day before and in order of happening so you can see it clearly what you have to do and when for the next day
Choose your clothing the night before!
I make sure to get a good nights rest everynight, to prepare for a hective morning!