I love spring...it's a time of new beginnings and fresh starts. One thing I like to do during spring, is clean and organize our toys. Toys seem to take over our house during the winter months, partly because we are indoors most of the time. Today I'm sharing with you the 5 steps I take to spring clean our toys. 1. Rotate Toys While we are blessed to have many toys, the kids only play with a handful of them! I find that if I take time to put away toys and bring them back out in a few … [Read more...]
10 Chores for Preschoolers & Giveaway!
As you can imagine, keeping a house clean with two boys is not easy. I think it's hard enough keeping a house clean and organized for just the 2 of us. I realllllly love a clean house, but it's much harder to maintain with two little boys. This picture sums up my feelings: With that said, I don't feel like my house has to be super messy. Sure, the house gets messy with projects, toys, food, but I find that if I'm on a routine or system, cleaning is much easier. I've decided to get Troy … [Read more...]
An “Egg-cellent” Way to Learn About Teeth
To prepare Troy for the dentist we are doing some fun dental health activities this week! February is National Children's Dental Health Month, so we're just getting a head start on this! :) To teach Troy how important it is to brush his teeth, we did this fun activity with eggs! Here's what you'll need: *hardboiled eggs *various liquids (I used dark pop, apple juice and pink lemonade) *toothbrush *toothpaste *screwdriver To start, soak hardboiled eggs in liquids of choice. I … [Read more...]
How to Eliminate Clutter
Happy 2013 everyone! I wanted to share a quick tip that has helped me a lot with eliminating clutter. I don't know about your house, but my house was filled with lots of new toys and stuff after Christmas. Here are my thoughts on that: 1. I love that the kids have new toys 2. I can't stand clutter 3. I need a solution!! What I do when there are too many toys around is pack up a tub full of the toys that they don't really play with and store them in the basement for a month or … [Read more...]