Caitríona Redmond: Beating the midterm blues on a budget - plus my beef pot roast recipe

"The days where nothing has been set in the diary can rapidly descend to a binge of screentime or cost us a fortune trying to keep them amused."

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Midterm is looming, and I have a week to come up with activities to keep the kids occupied. 

Screentime is a great distraction from me being at work but a full week is not healthy.