You're not the problem; summer is just hard! I’m sitting in the parking lot of our neighborhood swimming pool, wrapping up a Zoom call and emails while my kids finish morning swim practice. This is my typical morning during summer break. No 7 am breakfast complaints. No stressing over tests. No permission slips to sign while sprinting out the door. No homework, teacher gifts, or silly dress-up days. And yet. My stress goes up every June. Sound familiar? Why is it that Summer

(plus our annual planning template!) It’s January. There's ice on the ground. You're begging your kids to put on pants and a heavier coat. Yet, it’s time to plan and register for summer camps. It’s insane. Like everything else as a parent these days, our culture seems to make it harder for us with earlier camp registration every year. We all have different strategies to tackle our to-do list . Some plan early. Some start late and take what’s left. Some don’t plan at all and