It certainly feels like we are on the home stretch of school before the summer holidays now. My boys only have five weeks of school left and I am excited about planning for the summer. Earlier in the week I share with you how we customised a recipe book so that we can keep a record of all the family meals we cook and today I have a fab free summer planning calendar for you and a super competition.
Do you plan for summer? When the boys were younger we used to have a pretty strict schedule, more for my sanity than theirs!
Now we tend to be more relaxed and last year we wrote down all the things we wanted to do on a bunch of post it notes.
This year I have another summer planner for you too.
We totally love the Summer Holiday Planner from Newcastle Building Society. It will really help us plan what we want to do this summer and when to manage to fit it in.
Download your Free Summer Planner
Newcastle Building Society are currently celebrating the launch of their CustomISA. The CustomISA enables you to customise your saving by allowing you to spread your tax-free savings across as many Newcastle ISAs as you like each year. It’s designed for savers who would usually have to decide between sacrificing rates on their ISA for access or sacrificing access to their own money for a better rate. The older I get the more I realise that looking after your finances is really important and I wish I had done it much, much earlier! For more information on the Newcastle Building Society CustomISA you can tweet @nbscommunity or connect with them on Facebook.
#Customiseyour life Competition
As part of Newcastle Building Society’s #CustomiseYourLife campaign I am delighted to be able to offer you the chance to win your own Customise Your Life kitchen kit packed with cookery essentials including:
- Oven mitt
- Notepad
- Cake cases
- Measuring and utensil kit
- Pens
- Sprinkles x 2
- Chocolate stars
- Cookie cutters
- 17pc baking set
- Wicker basket
How to enter:
Share a picture on social media of your top family meal using the #CustomiseYourLife hashtag and if you are entering on twitter please tag @nbscommunity.
Customise your life
Such a fab idea. Always plan ahead. x
This is our favourite family meal: pasta peas and pancetta. https://twitter.com/ericahughes/status/608654685323542528
My favourite meal is a Roast Beef and Yorkshire pudding dinner.
any type of pasta sounds good
It is great to plan ahead. I usually just use a scrap of paper but post-its and planners are a better idea as these look fab!
We love cowboy pie – mashed potato covering the base and sides of a roasting dish – previously cooked sausages cut in half and stood upright in the mashed potato on the base of the dish – 1-2 tins of beans emptied into the pie which will pool around the sausage – pour 3-4 beaten eggs over the beans – cover with loads of grated cheese – bake at 180 degrees for 30-45 minutes depending on the size of your pie. the exact amounts depend on the size of your dish but our rule of thumb is, if there are gaps in the beans/egg/cheese, add some more ;). Absolutely scrummy 🙂
I usually use a scrap of paper to plan ahead for the summer but these organisers look a much better idea!
Spagetti bolognese
Oh Lasagne and garlic bread for sure 🙂
Chicken Tika Masala my Daughter loves it
I’m always so impressed by your brilliant planning and ideas. This is another great one. I don’t think we have a favourite family meal and that’s probably my fault. I’m always trying out new things!
Loving these planners. Good for us too as we home educate and there are always lots of extra summer meets.
Ha ha great minds think alike as I’ve got a Summer Planner post too 😉
I can’t wait for the holidays this year and can’t wait to start planning x
I am loving these ideas! I have already sent over to my sister so she can do the same x
You always have such great ideas. Our favourite meal is roast pork with all the trimmings
Great planners! I usually use my notepad but these would be perfect to hang on the fridge so I can see them daily. Thanks!
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You are always so organise … I must try and do better. Such great ideas.
Great ideas, Love the planner. One of our family favourites is BBQ’d chicken kebabs https://twitter.com/mamamakes/status/609066638592323585
Great ideas, Love the planner. One of our family favourites is BBQ’d chicken kebabs https://twitter.com/mamamakes/status/609066638592323585
Another fabulous planner Jen and one we’ll certainly need after September. I have no idea how we’re going to get through school holidays with no relatives nearby. One thing is for sure though, there will be much planning!
awesome thanks as I am just starting to get this all sorted for the summer!
I love the post it note idea. We did a summer bucket list last year and plan on doing another this year. I can’t wait for the holidays!
Lasagne is our favourite family meal with crunchy bacon bits of the top
I love planning meals , I must do it more
I love pasta
I love this, such a great idea and resource for the summer, thank you! And our favvourite family meal is wraps – we all love them, filled with beans and rice and cheese and slices of avocado. yum!
You always have so many great ideas! The meal planners are great xx
The planner is such a clever idea. It will stop us having to think what to do next through the holidays.
Our favourite family meal is Lasagne
We all love a cooked breakfast https://twitter.com/kidsdogsandcats/status/612026567217299456
Your CommentsI loke a family picnic
We tend to just wing it through the holidays, but a bit of organisation never hurt anyone. I may have to try a planner so we can make the most of our days together.
My favourite meal is a veggie lasagne.
We love a veggie shepherds pie.
Chicken risotto
my planner is scraps of paper left out on the work top to read the next morning! :/ this would be so much better!
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