Rhthym

Daily challenges in 6FIT are the same week to week.  Mondays are meatless.  Tuesdays are "tone up" (attend a toning class or do the toning at home workout).  Wednesdays are dairy free. Thursdays are "try something new".  Fridays are "fresh air".  Saturdays are seafood for 1 meal that you cook.  Sundays are sugar free.  There are some days that I still forget, but for the most part I have come to memorize and plan my weekly meals around these ground rules.  Restricting certain things for a short period of time works for me.  Forgoing (my beloved) dairy products for an entire day of the week allows me to explore new ways to prepare my favorite meals in a healthier way.  I have come to find comfort in these challenges and feel a real sense of accomplishment when I stick to them a few days in a row.
Lately I have felt like DanceFIT classes, preparing the classes I teach, planning a picnic for my entire church this summer, cleaning the house, dropping off dry cleaning, grocery / meal planning and shopping, walking the dog, visiting with friends and staying up to date with out of town family has all gotten in my way of doing structured things with Connor. Some days I fear I just drag him around with me from errand to errand and I don't feel good about myself as a mother on these days.  So I decided to adapt the "daily 6FIT challenges" to some structured mother & son activities.  Here's what I came up with:

Music Mondays
Touch and Feel play Tuesdays
Work your body Wednesdays
Thoughtful Thursdays
Free Fridays

Each week in addition to planning my workouts, meals and errands I will create each day's activity and write it on our calendar.  All of things are "priorities" to me; I need to do things that make me feel good and important so I can continue to be a good mom.  And writing them down holds me accountable and adds variety into our days.
How do you "switch things up" with your routine?  Does it help to write / chart things or do you enjoy last minute planning?  I'd love to hear what works for you : )