It’s that time again! Summer is upon us and being a mom who thrives on structure, I knew it was time to create our plan for summer. We have a great plan for summer fun that I posted earlier, but there also has to be a plan in place for summer responsibilities and this year, […]
When my oldest was in first grade, he came home from school and begged me to let him make his own lunch because all his friends got to make their own lunches. Now, I don’t know how true that was but this is one time I didn’t use the old line about if your friends […]
Tis the season for giant kids consignment sales . . . at least around here. But whether you’re shopping consignment sales or the stores, it’s helpful to take inventory of what you need for the kids for spring and summer. We take an evening and write down everyone’s sizes and then go through all their clothes […]
I have to be honest that I have struggled with creating new habits that I want in my life and sticking with the goals I set because life gets in the way, especially with 5 young kids. There are nights when I’m up all night with a sick child and I’m too tired in […]
Legos — they’re the toy we love to hate. They’re an awesome toy because they’re timeless, inspire creativity, and help develop spatial skills as kids follow the building directions. And around here, all the kids and even my husband love to play Legos which means it is an activity that can keep everyone involved and happy […]
Days 22-25 of the Clutter Free Challenge go together well for a single post. And since half of them were done previously and half of them were digital, there’s not too much to report on. Day 22: Home Office Day 23: Bills/Paperwork I already reports on this on the Master Bedroom day since my new […]
Here’s days 19-21 of the Clutter Free Challenge! Day 19: Children’s Paperwork/Artwork My older kids are the only ones concerned with keeping their artwork so far. But even with just 2, I found it getting overwhelming! I gave each of them a binder to keep their favorite artwork pages in. It’s worked pretty well and […]
Kids’ closets – day 18 of the Clutter Free Challenge. My kids’ closets are basically for clothing storage. Having more than one child of each gender and not being done having kids means lots and lots of clothes to store for hand-me-downs. The constant juggling of pulling out new clothes and putting away clothes that […]
Clutter Free Challenge, Day 17 – kids’ bedrooms. Since most of the kids’ toys are kept in a playroom that we already decluttered earlier in the challenge, this one wasn’t too bad. But my girls have a few toys and some other small trinkets and we’ve never had good storage for them. And the IKEA […]
Day 16 of the Clutter Free Challenge was the medicine cabinet. My actual medicine cabinet doesn’t have much in it – I’m not a fan of those little tiny shelves that everything falls off of! So we keep most of our medical stuff in a drawer. It was pretty much a disaster of clutter before […]