Time To Organize

I'm organizing everything around our home. I've gone mad, but everything must be in order I've decided this year. Not only will it make the house look better, but run smoother too. I've been looking at other blogs who have inspired me to join their challenges. It feels good to have order and feel like I'm accomplishing a goal each day. This month I started in our basement and sorting through each box. I'm still not finished but it's a big task that should be done by Spring. I'll be ready for a big yard sale then.

Currently I just finished organizing my kitchen cupboards/pantry. I hated finding half empty boxes of crackers or cereal the kids would put back. Taking up extra space that could make room for some nice containers. So I decided to take everything out of their original boxes and just place them into bins. Every container is labeled by category and much easier for me to find. I took inventory of what I had on hand as well and was able to go to the store today knowing what I actually needed this time. I found the labels on my favorite blog, I Heart Organizing. Check her site out. You'll come to love her as I do.



I found all these matching green baskets at my dollar store. I didn't spend a lot on containers for this project.





Even my beverage cupboard got a little make-over. Luv it!



Good-Bye Ugly Boxes!



Hello Organized!

Making Christmas Cookies

We LOVE decorating sugar cookies at Christmas time! It's been cold around here so what better way to warm up then baking. All the kids helped me prepare this batch. They all come running when it involves sugar! ha! Even though the cookies may not be the best looking, they were so yummy. Making memories is what it's all about

Cleaning is Love

Getting the kids to help you clean is love in my book. Nothing makes me more happy then when they help me around here. I have some favorite tools that get the job done.



This week we our cleaning our dirty floors. Madison is always spilling her juice/milk and snacks on my floors. (yuck!) I hate nothing more then a sticky floor. As often as I can I try to give my floors a good wipe. If I can get the kids to help me thats an added bonus.

This is what I use to clean my wooden floors. It's an excellent that shines and cleans at the same time. I love a two for one deal. If you have wood floors, give this stuff a try.




Mommys Little Helper. So easy a toddler can do it. Ha!



This is what I use on my tile kitchen floors. My best friend...the wet jet. You know it's a fun mop to use. My Daughter will see me pushing the button for a little more cleaner to come out of the mop head and she will want to take over. It's all about making cleaning fun is how you get the kids to help.





Lastly, my little cone dust buster by dirt devil get those hard to reach places. My Son helps me get the dust on the stairs with this.





Get the kids to help and feel the love! :)

Hot Chocolate & Coffee Station

In my house we drink a lot of hot beverages. So much so that I wanted to create a place in my kitchen that was set up for a quick cup of joe or hot chocolate. My kids love this idea. In the morning if I don't do it, they can make themselves a hot chocolate to go. I put out travel cups, packets of chocolate, sugar packets, and flavored creamers. All they have to do is pour in some hot water from the tea kettle. I decorated penny jars that I found at Walmart with some Halloween ribbon. I think I'll keep changing it for the season. I've filled one with single serve creamers and the other with hot chocolate packets. It's the pefect solution for the Fall weather and cold mornings we wake up to.





Pumpkin Spice is back! It's my favorite holiday flavor. Found this flavored coffee the other day. I have the creamer too so it's even twice as good.



These hot chocolates are for more special occassions but I'm loving them. If I want my hot chocolate served with a kick, I add coffee instead of hot water. My own little Starbucks cafe. Ha!

We All Scream

FOR ICE-CREAM!

Last week we were having some warm weather out here. The kids wanted ice-cream so I went shopping for some. I couldn't decide on what flavor I liked best, so I bought them all. It was like our own little ice-cream store. I lined them up and we sampled each one to decide which one we would want to claim as our own.

Here is the yummy flavors we had to choose from.









Ben & Jerry's Rocks! Yum!

Pretty New Chair

Little one has a new high chair. I finally found one that I love. If I have to look at it everyday, it has to be pretty and this is the one for me. It had a lot of great features, one being that it can fold up, compact if you want to store it away.






She looks so small in it right now. It's a big highchair but it's made to grow with your child so she won't look that way after awhile. Pretty isn't it?

Decorating for Fall

Here's how I add Fall touches inside my house. It brings a lot of warmth and color to the kitchen/livingroom.




















I keep this out till Thanksgiving and then it gets switched out for Christmas. Sorry for the picture overload. I just love my Autumn decor.

~Stacy