Category : Kids

Command Central

With school days eminent, your house is about to explode with backpacks, lunch boxes, sports equipment, school papers, school projects, shoes, mittens, hats, schedules and who knows what else!  It’s all a little scary if you really dwell on it over your morning tea or coffee.  Well, have your little pity party over your cup of brew & when the last drop is gone, then let’s get to work.

First, find a workable space in your home, easy for the kids to access.  The most likely spots are the laundry room, kitchen breakfast nook, the study area, front door or their bedroom.  Size may eliminate many of these locations, but every home is different, so find a room that has a hidden/unused space ...

Make Toys Fun Again

Our lives are very full of activities and things.  Sometimes so much so that instead of enjoying any of it, we are just stressed out.  One area to take back the enjoyment of life is to reduce the number of toys.

It can be really hard to part with our favorite things.  There are memories attached, someone special gave it to you, it’s super cool, it cost a lot of money, you waited a loooong time to get it…..

But how can you truly enjoy new things when old, outgrown, worn-out, or out-dated things clog your space like acne clogs your pores.  Eewww! is right.  In fact, how can you even enjoy what you currently have if you can’t find it or there’s so much its just ...

Even Kids Love Organization!

They really do!  But just like adults, if they have never organized their things, it can be difficult to know where to start.

As a parent, you are the important catalyst.  Start your children on the road to organization by spending time with each child individually to show them what to do.  One-on-one time & guidance from you can become a fun afternoon with newly created memories.  Once it’s done, they are proud of their new space & the treasures they have found.  And you have helped them edit their clothes & toys so you know what they need.

Don’t forget the treat at the end to thank them (and you) for their participation & hard work.

As with anything we work hard to ...