GO MOM!® Fall Fix 2006 Company
Helps Moms Keep the Fun in Fall
As families settle into the
routines of the new school year, it’s easy to lose sight of having
weekends to enjoy. Molly Gold, Family Scheduling Expert and Founder of
GO MOM !NC. helps moms focus on steps they can take to protect
precious weekend time together with their families, and to enjoy the
highlights of the season.”
Looking to make Fall a fantastic
array of fun? Here are some tips to help:
Plan – If we said it once,
we will say it a thousand times…the best way to make way for fun in
your weekend is to plan for it! Use family-oriented planning tools,
such as the new GO MOM!® Wall Organizer, to merge all family member
schedules into one place. Map your time and use this
tool as your compass to show you when you can adjust commitments to
claim time for Fall. If activity schedules dominate for months on
end, hold a family meeting now to decide the best weekend to make
family come first. Notify coaches and teachers alike
that for that weekend, all family members are unavailable. When you
communicate this at the beginning of the season, you are respecting
fellow teammates and coaches or activity leaders as they can also plan
ahead.
Clean – Forget the notion
that it’s only meant for Spring. The change of seasons brings a host
of both outdoor and indoor tasks that when left unchecked, can drag on
forever. Decide now if you work best claiming one
weekend for a full assault on your list or if you’d prefer protecting
a few hours each weekend to tackle one task at a time. Consult the
Mr. Clean family of products to find a great selection of time-saving
cleaning tools, such as the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser Extra Power for
everything from cleaning the grout in your tile to scrubbing down
plastic patio furniture before placing it in winter storage.
Assemble your project supplies in advance to maximize your time
and accomplish your chores in the time allotted. Enlist the age
appropriate help of all family members, providing them with their own
supplies when possible to allow them to accomplish their task
independently. And remember, when kids are involved, the
more fun the better.
Protect – Who doesn’t
remember the fun of Fire Safety Week at school, when the firemen visit
and if you’re lucky, you get to sit in the cab and wear their hats?
Fall is a great time to take inventory of your safety measures and
update where you can. We all are reminded to replace our
smoke detector batteries with the time change each year, but who
thinks to clean them when unassembled. Also, it’s important to review
emergency plans with family members, including holding a mock fire
drill and talking through natural or unnatural evacuation plans that
need to be followed. And while updating all those
emergency contact forms at school, do the same with the Emergency
Documents box, including any evacuation plans outlined. Visit
www.AmericanRedCross.com for the most
complete resources for Emergency Preparedness. Complete supply lists
and document preparation procedures to suit personal needs are
provided.
Play – From the first of
September through the last day of October, our wonderful country is
full of Fall celebrations. Street festivals abound, highlighting the
best crafters every region has to offer. And the fruits
of the harvest are just waiting to be enjoyed, including apple
harvests and pumpkin patches. Check local Convention and Visitors
Bureau websites or newspapers for listings of regional events and
cross reference these calendars with the family planner to see when
the family can enjoy the best the season has to offer.
Families with younger children can expand on units of study specific
to Fall and work weekend activities into their schedule, thus making
the school and home experience a wonderful partnership of hands on
learning. For the older set, there is nothing like the fun of
Homecoming at the local high school to remind us all of how fast our
children grow and the blessing parenthood provides.
Participate in booster clubs that support children’s activities this
fall. Get a window into your teenager’s world while
enjoying the memories of your own high school years.
To enjoy the best the season has to
offer, prepare yourself with all the tools that GO MOM !NC has to
offer. GO MOM !NC is based in Apex, NC and promotes the use of the GO
MOM!® product line which is based on unique scheduling solutions for
everything family. GO MOM !NC helps mothers make positive mothering a
daily reality within the structure GO MOM!® Schedule. Organize.
Grow.® Founder Molly Gold is a 40-year-old mother of
three and the creator of the GO MOM!® product line, which is produced
via license partnership with Mead Westvaco Consumer and Office
Products and sold at major retailers nationwide, including Target,
Staples, and Office Max. Gold is known for her keen insights
into Family Scheduling and has been featured both in print and on air
media alike.
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Molly Gold, founder of GO MOM
!NC,
http://www.gomominc.com can be contacted
at
mgold@gomominc.com. Gold currently
serves on Proctor & Gamble’s Mr. Clean Team Expert Panel, Cartoon
Network's Tickle U Advisory Board and as Family Scheduling Expert at
both
www.BlueSuitMom.com, and
www.NewBaby.com.
Gold’s work has been featured in Parents and Parenting Magazines,
Better Homes and Gardens, The Washington Post, ABC's Good Morning
America, and most recently NBC’s Today Show Weekend Edition in
addition to a recent article in
Woman’s Health Magazine.
Article of the Week- between moms....
