Hacks For Slaying Busy Seasons: Episode 460
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The Mom Hour
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Baseball, Scouts, soccer, basketball….you name it, our kids are doing it! In this episode, Catie and Katie are back to discuss all the stuff, processes, and mindsets that help get our families through a busy season. Join us for some of our favorite products, meal strategies, plus where and how we delegate responsibilities out to family members. Plus, it’ll be summer before we know it, and have some thoughts on how to tackle that, too. Enjoy!
Meagan and Sarah are off for the first two weeks of April. Enjoy the Katie+Catie takeover, and we’ll be back soon!
HELPFUL LINKS:
- Follow Katie Gouldner and Catie Parrish on Instagram.
- Katie mentioned the BONUS: Navigating Youth Sports episode with contributors Jayme and Jennifer.
- Katie loves her lululemon clippable card pouch she can easily throw into whatever bag is needed for extracurriculars and attaches it to a bracelet to wear around her wrist.
- Catie uses these post-it dry erase whiteboard stickers.
- Our favorite water bottles include Yeti, Owala, and Gatorade water bottles for sports.
- Katie keeps her Vera Bradley Large Tote in the trunk to throw all the stuff in when going to sporting events.
- Catie and Katie both utilize Bentgo boxes and Easy Lunchboxes for dinners-on-the-go.
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