October 16, 2008 – 11:49 pm
My daughter (11) collects a lot of stuff. She is particularly fond of notebooks and purses. I’m particularly fond of clutter free floors. So we compromise. If she can keep the stuff in her room off the floor in some kind of orderly fashion (not just piled 10 feet high on her desk) then she [...]
September 18, 2008 – 10:32 pm
Have you heard of Caboodles? You are probably going to say yes. Apparently I lived under a rock in the eighties when these were popular because not only didn’t I have one I’ve never even heard of them.
Hello Caboodle! Where have you been all my life?
Unfortunately though this one isn’t mine, my girlfriend picked this [...]
August 18, 2008 – 11:48 pm
If you have school age kids then you have backpacks to deal with. I definitely recommend having a designated backpack station to keep them contained and organized in one central location. I like having my kid’s backpacks right by the front door so they can drop them in their designated space as soon [...]
It’s that time of the year again. My kids finished school on June 26th but with leaving for holidays last Saturday I didn’t have time then to deal with all the papers, workbooks, supplies, duotangs, art, etc that comes home at the end of the year. So I gathered everything up into [...]
Well I meant to write this post so much earlier in the month than this but alas it wasn’t meant to be. Better late than never right?
Here is a list of 13 toy storage solutions that look to be fabulous, fun and functional!! Clicking on the picture will take you to where I found [...]
I often get asked about Lego storage ideas. I went back through my archives trying to locate the post I did about how I store my son’s Legos and couldn’t find it which means I didn’t do one but totally thought I did. Oops, what can I say :)
For today though [...]
Well I thought since this month we were talking about playrooms it would only be fair if I showed you mine. There is absolutely nothing fancy about our playroom unless of course you count the bright yellow Big Bird paint color. My husband still hasn’t forgiven me for that one. Trust me the [...]
As you know I live in a very small community with not a lot to do to keep kids busy during the long summer days. However we do have a gorgeous lake with a beautiful beach area about a half hour away that has saved my sanity on more days than I can [...]
It’s the last day of May! I almost forgot to put this up today. I’d love to see what you did with your kid’s rooms. Please link up below directly to your post showing both your before and after pictures. It can be the whole room or even just an [...]
There are some fantastic suggestions, tips, advice, input going on in the comments of some of my posts. I’ve got the best readers that genuinely want to help each other out. Really see for yourself, check out all the great toy tips in the comments of this post.
Need more help getting your child’s [...]
