Is your car road trip ready? If not, don't fret. Our resident professional organizer, Annie, is here with a summer-themed post for Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life today that will get you there in no time. She's got lots of great tips as well as some handy product recommendations. (I've been meaning to buy the last thing on her list for ages - this is just the push I needed!) The summer months are fast approaching, and with them, lots of day trips and long-haul journeys. Regardless of … [Read more...]
Free Printable: The Single Page Summer Planner!
I'm gonna keep it super short today guys and simply present you with an organizational tool I love to help you stay on top of your mom game. I'm really enjoying coming up with free tools to help you win the war we're all waging on busy - I hope you guys are too. Today, I've got something I rely heavily on this time of year. Drum roll, please... Get the FREE Single Page Summer Planner Printable Now! There are SO many camps, vacations, swim lessons, etc. during the summer … [Read more...]
Stop Cleaning While Your Kids Sleep – ASAP!!
Today Kaley is sharing with us a very clever (and cute) way to get the kids involved in the cleaning. The take home message here is clearly "start getting them involved early!" and I think it would be a great thing to share with your mom friends. How cool would this be as a gift? Kaley's even sourced a few pretty picks to help you get started... How many of you do the cleaning while your kids are asleep? If you do, stop! Kids should not only see what it takes to keep a home, they should … [Read more...]
Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life: Cheerful DIY Storage Jars
If you're a regular here, you know we're all about getting kids involved in contributing around the house early. Sometimes that means setting up regular family and money jobs, and sometimes it just means taking a little time for a bright and cheerful DIY organization project. Here's Kristen with the details... Things look better when they are organized. And I think we function better when things look better. Case in point: The Junk Drawer. We all have one and if you've ever … [Read more...]
30 Breakfast Ideas for a 1-year-old
Our post, 30 Meal Ideas for 1-Year-Olds, has been so incredibly popular that I asked our contributor, Kaley, to follow it up with a breakfast version. What I love most about this is that we have breakfast for dinner on the regular around here- which means that now we have 60 great kid-friendly meal ideas! Here she is with her list (and if anyone knows healthy kid food, it's Kaley, so it's a great list). We have two go-to breakfasts in my house. And they are both super simple formulas that … [Read more...]
Meal Planning Made Easy – A Prep Dish Review
One of my big resolutions for the year is to finally get on top of meal planning. Yes, I've made this resolution in the past but this year I have a secret weapon; the meal planning service Prep Dish. I asked my contributor, Kaley, to review it for me and, based on her experience, we're starting at our house next week. If you'd like to learn more, here's Kaley with her thoughts... Last year, my husband and I did the Whole30. For those of you who haven't heard of the Whole30, it is … [Read more...]
3 Easy ways to Declutter After the Holidays
The holidays aren't even over yet, and I am already thinking of all of the things I want to declutter and purge before the new year. It always feels like December is filled with overindulgences and lots and lots of stuff. And we all tend to get so busy, there is no time available to even try to control the chaos. After the holidays are over, spend a bit of time on each of these 3 steps in order to have a fresh, clean start to 2017. Step 1 - One In, Two Out You (and your children) likely … [Read more...]
Mom Hack: 17 Ways Kids Can Use Wipes to Help You Clean the House
This post is sponsored by Huggies. Both of my girls are long out of diapers. But I still buy Huggies Natural Care Wipes by the caseload. Did you know that Huggies worked in partnership with NICU nurses to develop the first baby wipe specifically designed for fragile premature baby skin to be used in NICUs? They're called Huggies Natural Care Extra Sensitive Wipes and they're only found in Neonatal Intensive Care Units, not sold in stores. However, many of the features found in the Extra … [Read more...]
Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life: How to Get Rid of Your Paper Piles for Good
Five people live in this house. That's five times the amount of paper a single person sees in one day. That means I have to organize my way through bills, business items, personal correspondence and all the paper it takes to make one's way through middle school and high school. It can be a lot to handle. I consider myself a fairly organized person, but before I created a system for my house there were tears over lost homework, stress over client invoices and the embarrassment of a late … [Read more...]
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