Proactive Parenting

This is my goal for the summer. I have chosen to call it proactive parenting. I am choosing to be proactive about our summer schedule. With our oldest being in school I realized that my daily routine was going to be changing with her now being home during the days. I know it is almost the end of June, but right after school was out we went on an eight day vacation so this past week was our actual first full week home with school being out. I have been, proactively, paying attention to the amount of time the kids are watching TV compared to other activities they are engaged in. I am wanting to come up with a daily schedule for each day of the week. Nothing rigid, just something to keep us on track. For now the schedule is in my mind and nothing written. I still need to do some more research. In the mornings the girls watch TV until breakfast. We then eat together in the kitchen, not in front of the TV, which is where they would prefer. AAP then has journal time, much like she would do at school. She sits in the kitchen and writes a journal entry and then illustrates it. AKP works on her "homework", a preschool workbook I bought for her, during this time. The final projects are posted on the refrigerator. It is then time to get dressed and ready for the day. AAP will then work on her reading and AKP looks through books. At this time on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday we are headed to the gym for me to workout. When we get home the girls watch TV and the baby takes a nap while I shower and prepare lunch. After lunch we either head to the pool, play outside, run errands, go to the library, etc. I think this is a pretty good routine for us, but I am still playing around with it. I am also looking into more activities we can do around town. Any ideas let me know!