Last week when dh and I were out of town, the kids were watched by different family members. Mainly it was because everyone that we know couldn’t take a full week off of work to watch our kids (we were so thankful for the time off they did take for us!!), but shuffling them around actually helped the kids, made it feel fun and like they were exploring somewhere new every couple nights. I, of course, didn’t know this and was very worried about the kids. I made them this little calendar, each picture symbolizes who’s house they were going to sleep over at. I laminated it and attached velcro on the front of the calendar and on the back of the little picture of the kids, then the moved themselves from day to day to give them a visual example of who they were going to go stay with. And the last picture on the end…back with mommy & daddy!  Anyway, I had some people tell me I should share this. It may be helpful for the next time you have to leave your kids! I have no clue what to call this thing, if anyone has any creative ideas, I would love to hear them!

Laminated tiny picture with a piece of velcro on the back.

I put magnets on the back so it could be easily placed on a fridge.