My Week in Pictures

My week started with Easter! The kids all got a little something from the Easter Bunny. (Sorry the pictures are so dark, bad lighting)

This was my 1 1/2 year old's basket....



This was my 9 year old's basket....



This was my 15 year old's basket....



The Easter bunny knows exactly what each kid likes. :)

Then we went outside and Madison learned the art of collecting Easter eggs.



She got a little help from her best friend and older sister.



My cutie son collected the most eggs. He's a pro!



Later that week....

I'll huff and puff and blow your house down! That's what goes threw my head when I see this. Our minor result of that bad freakish tornado storm that hit the South. Thankfully we only had stuff blowing around our yard and poor little Madison's playhouse was blown apart.



You can see how much the wind moved it from the grass marks to the left. Crazy!



Then April 28th was my 37th birthday! Can't believe I'm this old already. {tear, tear}

Look what Starbucks sent me in the mail to cheer me up. Only since I'm one of their favorite customers.



Thank you Star $$!



Coffee and Cake Pops! A perfect combo for this birthday gal.



Lastly, my kids surprised me with homemade cupcakes decorated with their Easter candy. How smart are they to make good use of all those extra jelly beans? It really made me love them even more then I already do. I have the best kids!




That was my week in pictures. It was an eventful one to say the least. I hope next week I can get some crafting and more organizing done around here. It makes me happy!

Have an Egg-cellent Weekend!

We have already been hard at work coloring our eggs. Don't you just love the little faces my oldest daughter put on them? I think she's so cleaver.




And look what I was given at work. Cute, right? Originally it was filled with candy, but gave that to the kiddo's. Love the mug too. My Chick-ee baby currently hangs out in our window as a Spring reminder.



Have a great Easter weekend!

A Spring Day

Spring is here and that means the kids can go back outside to play again. ha! Not only that it's time to wear all your pretties.

My little girl Madison loves being outdoors and picking flowers in our yard. She's finally big enough to wear the dress that was given to her by a family member ahile ago. Yeah!





My older one in her beautiful dress too!




Since Easter is right around the corner, we then decorated sugar cookies. Big Sister Brittany made these soooo cute and yummy!



It's also my Mom's birthday today. Happy Birthday!

A Movie for All

We got our copy of this cute Disney movie the other day. Wal-mart couldn't stock them fast enough. It was flying off the shelf when I was there. I had heard it was a good movie so I took it as a confirming sign. Finally a family movie we could all enjoy.



My little one even enjoyed it.



A perfect movie to play while we are traveling this week for Spring Break. We are so in need of a little fun.

Mission Organization

I've been keeping myself soooo busy just completely organizing EVERYTHING. I'm getting ready to move soon and want to make it as easy as possible. I'm putting everything in containers and purging what we don't need. I started in the kitchen, then moved to the basement, garage and now the kids rooms. You should see my yard sale pile. I've got a ton of stuff to sell which is good.



Here are some before and afters of my basement.

Before~Yikes!



After~Much Better!





I organized all our junk into big Rubbermaid storage containers. Filled them with like items. A couple for Christmas, Halloween Decor, Kid clothes and toys I want to keep.

I've added storage items in each child's room to help them get a little more organized to.

This contains my Son's mass amount of Lego's. He can see what he needs a lot easier.






This helps organize my teenage Daughter's make-up, hair accessories, and jewelry. It was just all over the counters and I couldn't take it any longer. So while she was at school, I did this to her shelf.





She ended up liking it.

My youngest is only a toddler so she has many preschool toys to contain. I put them into pretty soft boxes that coordinate with her Cinderella room decor.






Her coloring, board books and puzzles I put into these drawers. They make these storage bins in so many pretty colors. Of course I went with pink for her and then labeled each drawer to remind everyone what is to only go inside.








I haven't stopped there. I'm onto organizing my paper files and office supplies.
I put together a file box that sits next to our landing spot. This is where everything is dumped when the kids get home from school or come home from shopping. You'll find backpacks, coats, shoes, purses, keys and of course mail. So in order to organize the incoming/outgoing paper I created this system. It's even got the kids school lunch menu on the front so I always know what to tell the kids they're having.





I've seen many types of these file boxes in blogland so I can't take credit for it. It's just my version of their wonderful idea.

I'm a women on a mission to contain the clutter and organize everything. It's really starting to look better around here.

Going Green

I'm celebrating the Irish way by going green and having a milkshake from McDonald's today!




Happy St. Patty's Everyone!

I Won A Giveaway!!!

I was so excited to learn I won a special giveaway being held over at http://clutterbug.me/. I have been faithfully following Cas and her wonderful cleaning/organizational tips for some time now. She shares her household tips through her blog and YouTube video's. Her giveaway was a box full of Cas' favorite cleaning supplies if she reached her goal of 1000 YouTube subscribers. Well I entered because I am a cleaning fool and to my surprise won when her channel grew in a matter of days. I knew she would have no problem getting there because she's such a riot and her video's are always so motivating for everyone who watches. You must subscribe if you haven't already. I want to help her reach her next goal of 5000 YouTube subscribers. The next lucky winner of that giveaway will get a roomba she says. Wow! Can you believe that? I know those little robot vacuum's are so wonderful to have. So please check out Maltose79 on YouTube and subscribe.

This is what came to me in the mail the other day. Sent all the way from Canada.



People might think I'm weird to get excited over cleaning products, but hey...I'm a neat girl. Clean makes me happy! :) Look scrub free for my bathroom. I've never tried this other product before maybe because it's only found in Canada? I think it's gonna be a new fav of mine though.



I always heard such great things about Method cleaners. I went out looking for them around my town but of course they don't sell them here. I was just about to order them online and then she sent me some. Yeah!



After giving them a try, my whole house smells wonderful. These products are scented and now I can't stop cleaning with the pink multi-purpose cleaner just to have that fresh grapefruit scent in the air. The blue glass cleaner smells like mint and the wipes are eucalyptus scented. I've got to try more of these products. I think I'm addicted.



She didn't stop there though. If that wasn't enough, she sent me a gift card to be able to purchase a Swiffer vac and mop. Isn't that just too much? I am thrilled and I have no excuse not to buy one now.



She also enclosed one of my favorite publications from Better Homes and Gardens. Whenever it comes out, I certainly grab one of the checkout shelf. She knows just what an organizing freak like me loves. There are sooooo many great ideas in this magazine. I can't put it down. If you want your home to look fab, you must pick up a copy for yourself.



All I can say is, Thank you soooo much Cas for all you sent. It was more then I ever expected to receive and I could not be happier. I'm using everything and it comes in perfect timing. We will be moving soon and will be needing all these supplies during the process.



Remember to check out her blog and enter her next giveaway!