Rain washed away our outdoor plans this weekend. In an effort to preserve my sanity with five cooped-up boys in the house, I made a chart of indoor activities on a 30-min rotation schedule. There were four categories: computer, TV in Mom’s room, Wii in the living room and chores/reading/quiet time.

Two people at a time were assigned to Wii, but the others were solitary activities. It worked great for about three hours, then we had lunch and went to Nana & Granddad’s for a while. That afternoon, we watched a movie, then it was nearly time for dinner!

I loved that they didn’t argue over who got to do what when because they could see their names on the chart and knew that they would have a turn at each “station.” I’m definitely doing that again on another rainy weekend!