# Travis Home Operating Plan

**Coverage window:** Thursday, July 2 to Monday, July 6, 2026  
**Tanya home:** Monday, July 6 at about 11:00 PM  
**Purpose:** Keep the kids steady, fed, clean enough, and off device-default mode while Travis can still work.

This is not meant to be a perfect schedule. It is a control panel: priorities, rules, food options, and fallback plans.

## Airport Logistics

### Flight Reference

**Departure to B.C.**

- Flight: Flair F8505.
- Route: Calgary (YYC) to Abbotsford (YXX).
- Departs Calgary: Thursday, July 2 at 7:10 PM Calgary time.
- Arrives Abbotsford: Thursday, July 2 at 7:40 PM B.C. time.

**Pickup from airport**

- Flight: Flair F8504.
- Route: Abbotsford (YXX) to Calgary (YYC).
- Departs Abbotsford: Monday, July 6 at 8:25 PM B.C. time.
- Arrives Calgary: Monday, July 6 at 10:50 PM Calgary time.
- Reservation number: FQ5P8U.

### Monday, July 6 Pickup Plan

Travis is driving from Cranston to the Calgary airport.

**Goal:** Have the kids ready and in the vehicle before the flight lands, so pickup does not become a late-night scramble.

Suggested flow:

- 8:30 PM: Kids pajamas or comfy clothes, bathroom, water, and any needed snacks.
- 9:15 PM: Quick house reset: dishes gathered, dirty clothes in laundry, devices charging or ready for the vehicle.
- 9:45 PM: Check Tanya's flight status.
- 10:00 PM: Kids into the vehicle or fully ready to load.
- 10:05-10:15 PM: Leave Cranston for YYC unless the flight is delayed.
- 10:50 PM: Tanya's flight is scheduled to land.
- After landing: wait for Tanya's text/call before circling or pulling up if needed.

Pickup reminders:

- Bring the kids even if they are tired; plan for a late-night airport run.
- Bring water and simple snacks if needed, but food and drinks stay downstairs at home before leaving.
- Make sure Ledger has shoes and a coat/hoodie if needed.
- Make sure devices are charged if using them in the vehicle.
- Check live flight status before leaving in case Flair is early or delayed.

## Non-Negotiables

1. No food or drinks upstairs. Everything stays downstairs.
2. Slow mornings are okay, but once the kids want devices, food, entertainment, or start fighting from boredom, they need to shift into the morning routine.
3. No devices before morning basics are done.
4. Devices pause for food, hygiene, chores, movement, conflict, and bedtime.
5. Breakfast and dinner matter most. Lunch can be casual or snack-style.
6. At 7:00 PM, if everyone is done eating, the girls load and unload the dishwasher.
7. The house does not need to be perfect, but it should not become a disaster.

## Daily Priority Stack

### Must Happen

- Breakfast and dinner.
- Snacks available through the day.
- Food and drinks stay downstairs.
- Kids get dressed and brush teeth before breakfast/devices.
- Teeth brushed morning and night.
- Hair brushed after breakfast or before going out.
- Mayzie eye-patch/training routine.
- Basic bedtime.
- Dishes gathered into the kitchen.
- Dirty clothes into laundry.

### Should Happen

- One 5-15 minute chore per kid.
- One outside or movement block.
- If weather is bad, indoor exercise before devices.
- Dishwasher reset after dinner.
- One laundry check, start, or switch-over.
- Devices charged and put away at night.

### Optional Bonus

- Extra cleaning.
- Baths/showers.
- Robot vacuums.
- Special activity.
- Homeschool-style learning.

## Food

Tanya prepped food so breakfast and dinner can stay easy.

### Breakfast

- Sausage, egg, and cheese breakfast sandwiches.
- Breakfast casserole bowls.
- Egg and sausage wraps.
- Yogurts.
- Sourdough.
- Freezer cinnamon rolls as a treat.

**Cinnamon rolls:** Put them in the oven before it preheats. Bake at 350 F for about 30 minutes.

### Dinner

- Taco meat.
- Bulgogi meat.

Use these up with the kids while Tanya is gone.

### Lunch And Snacks

Lunch does not need to be a formal meal unless Travis wants to make one. Snacks through the day are fine as long as breakfast and dinner happen.

Good default snack:

- Yogurts.

### Grocery Orders

Before placing a grocery order, check the bank account. Make sure Tanya still has at least $200-$300 available in her account while she is in B.C.

## Tanya's Device Ladder

This is the logic Tanya uses. The goal is to hold off on iPads as long as possible without turning the whole day into a fight.

### 1. Slow Morning First

If the kids wake up calm, let them have a slow, relaxing morning. They do not need to be rushed immediately.

Once they are hungry, bored, asking for devices, asking what to do, or starting to fight, redirect them into the morning routine:

- Get dressed.
- Brush teeth.
- Eat breakfast downstairs.

After breakfast, add the next layer:

- Brush hair.
- Tidy room.
- Make bed.
- Bring dishes to the kitchen.
- Help with dishwasher or another small reset if needed.

### 2. TV Before iPads

If they are bored or the weather is bad, try TV before iPads.

Best option:

- A learning/home-learning show Tanya would approve of.

If that does not work:

- Netflix or Disney.

Avoid YouTube as the default. It usually turns into low-quality watching fast.

TV is better than early iPads because they are at least relaxing without sitting hunched over their devices.

### 3. Activity Or Chores

When TV is no longer working, try activity or movement:

- Outside if weather/friends allow.
- Indoor movement if weather is bad.
- Small chores or resets.
- Dishwasher.
- Laundry.
- Room reset.

### 4. Earned iPad Time

If iPads need to be used as incentive, they should be earned.

Before iPads:

- Food/drinks stayed downstairs.
- Dressed and teeth brushed.
- Breakfast eaten.
- Dishes to kitchen.
- One 5-15 minute chore or reset.
- Movement first if weather is bad or everyone is getting screen-focused.

If iPads happen earlier than ideal, start with:

- Learning games.
- Netflix or Disney on the iPad.

### 5. Free iPad Time

Free iPad time is best saved for later in the day, usually after 6:00 PM, around dinner or after dinner.

Before free iPad time:

- Dinner is eaten or underway.
- Dishwasher is loaded/unloaded.
- Dinner cleanup is done or actively happening.

If the dishwasher and cleanup do not happen, iPads can pause until they are done.

Posture note:

- Have the kids elevate iPads when possible so they are not hunched over with bad neck posture.

## Holding The Line

If they push:

- State the rule once.
- Do not debate.
- Device time starts after the requirement is done.
- If they keep arguing, device time waits longer.

Simple line:

"I am not arguing about iPads. Do the reset first, then you can have device time."

## Indoor Movement Options

Use these when weather is bad, when the kids are restless, or before devices:

- Necker teams.
- Short workout.
- Dance or movement video.
- Stairs or walking laps.
- Stretching.
- Ledger car cleanup race.

## Small Chores

These are not deep-cleaning jobs. They are quick resets so the house does not slide.

Good 5-15 minute jobs:

- Bring dishes to the kitchen.
- Load/unload dishwasher.
- Wipe counters.
- Put dirty clothes in laundry.
- Start a load of laundry.
- Switch laundry over.
- Put toys or personal items back.
- Start robot vacuums if needed.

The kids are capable of these. They do not need to deep clean bathrooms or manually vacuum.

## Work Blocks

When Travis needs focused computer time, set the block before it starts.

Before the block:

- Everyone has eaten or has a snack.
- Everyone knows the activity options.
- Devices are either clearly allowed or clearly not allowed.
- Kids know what counts as an interruption.

Allowed interruptions:

- Someone is hurt.
- Something is unsafe.
- Bathroom help is needed.
- Food/water is genuinely needed.
- A big conflict cannot wait.

Not work-block interruptions:

- Boredom.
- iPad complaints.
- Sibling tattling unless someone is unsafe.
- Snacks right after refusing food.

## Kid Notes

### Navie

Treat Navie as capable and intelligent. Give direct expectations and real responsibility.

Good jobs:

- Dishwasher.
- Help Ledger with a simple task.
- 10-minute shared-space reset.
- Choose an activity for herself during a work block.

Best approach:

- Be direct.
- Do not debate every unfiltered comment.
- Give the expectation and consequence clearly.

### Mayzie

Mayzie needs gentle, predictable structure.

Good jobs:

- Dishwasher at 7:00 PM.
- Dirty clothes into laundry.
- 10-minute toy reset.
- Eye-patch/training routine at the same daily anchor.

Best approach:

- Short steps.
- Warm tone, firm routine.
- Same iPad rules each day.

### Ledger

Ledger is four and loves cars.

Good jobs:

- Cars/toys into a bin.
- Plate/cup to kitchen with help.
- Clothes or pajamas into hamper.
- One tiny helper job with Dad.

Best approach:

- Two choices.
- Short instructions.
- Use cars for transitions.

## Simple Day Flow

### Morning

- Slow morning is okay if everyone is calm.
- When they get hungry, bored, ask for devices, or start fighting: dressed and teeth brushed.
- Breakfast downstairs.
- After breakfast: brush hair, dishes to kitchen, small reset if needed.
- Mayzie eye routine.
- Decide: screen block, outside block, activity block, or work block.

### Midday

- Lunch if wanted, or snacks through the day.
- Quick kitchen reset.
- One small chore before more screens.
- Indoor movement first if weather is bad.
- Work block if needed.

### Afternoon

- Snack if needed.
- Outside/activity time if possible.
- Devices only after basics and chores.
- Laundry check if possible.

### Evening

- Dinner.
- 7:00 PM dishwasher reset if everyone is done eating.
- Counters wiped if needed.
- Garbage checked if full.

### Bedtime

- Pajamas.
- Teeth.
- Hair.
- Bathroom.
- Water if needed.
- Devices plugged in away from beds if possible.

## If The Day Goes Sideways

Only do this:

- Breakfast and dinner.
- Snacks available.
- No food or drinks upstairs.
- Teeth brushed.
- Pajamas at bedtime.
- Mayzie eye routine if possible.
- Dishes gathered into kitchen.
- Dirty clothes in laundry.
- Devices charged.

That counts as a successful day.