Most weeks, it goes a little something like this…
This literally happens on a weekly basis in our family. The lack of communication leaves us scrambling and finding creative ways to fulfill all of our commitments.
Now that summer is here and our schedule is even LESS predictable with different camps each week (that I’ve planned alone and Paul likely has no clue where I’ve sent the boys), soccer at various fields and events that keep our summer nights busy, we have to stay in touch regularly about who will be where and when!
Clearly our calendar invites are NOT working to keep us on track and connected, so I just downloaded the new Picniic App and easily added all of our family members to join in our shared calendar, tasks, list and even photo sharing! I had never considered an app to help us connect our schedules and family details but this is very cool. I’ve even added a section for “Date Night Ideas for the Summer”!
I’m still finding new ways to reduce my stress and help keep our busy family organized with this new tool, but already I can see the very cool features in the easy-to-use family dashboard that includes:
- Access to all your family’s activity and important information- even Health Card numbers.
- Organize your events, to-dos, lists and notes (date night ideas!)
- A shared family calendar- that helps to teach kids about scheduling and helps them anticipate what’s happening for the week ahead! Teens can even add their planned outings so mom and dad know!
- A feature to assign or share your to-dos, lists and notes
- A way to share your location, plan meals and keep important info in sync
- Tools to see where family members have checked in (one of my favourite features!)
- Meal planner for the week ahead- and get feedback from the kiddos on their choices!
- Password keeper and ways to organize phone numbers, birthdays, and more in sync- no more forgetting family and friend’s birthdays!
- A chance to add TeamSnap sports calendar (we use this for hockey!).
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