Need help in organizing our "Balanced Day"

[sunnydays]

I like the idea of eliminating a snack...but I don't think I could have lunch earlier than 11am because then we wouldn't be able to go out in the morning! We like to spend the morning at the park...how would you do that if you have to serve lunch at 10am? In the summer I find it harder to go out in the afternoon as it is too hot many days so I want to be out in the morning when it is still cool enough.

[eoinsmom]

Us too. We usually do outside time from 9-1030 now, and then I have them all napping during the hottest part of the day, and back out at 3 to play until pick up. I know the bigger kids can wait the four hour stretch to eat, and my KG kids will be having a morning snack at school...its just the little ones I am wondering if they can go from 730-11 with no snack? Tried it out this morning since I only have a few kids today and it was ok. We skipped morning snack and ate lunch at 11, and everyone just cleaned up their entire lunch in about 15 minutes! We generally already do a big snack at 330, since most of the kids have at least a half hour commute home and then a wait until supper and some fall asleep on the drive home.