If you know me, you know I'm not huge on organization. I mean, I talk a good game....but then putting it into play is another story. So I'm going to be trying to make this school year less chaotic for everyone involved.
So I thought I would start trying to blog more regularly. My first blog I'm going to focus on some small changes we can make to get back to school ready as easy as possible.
The first item I want to talk about is this ten drawer cart. They come in colors or white/clear plastic. Whatever floats your boat.
Not the best picture, but this particular item comes from Michael's. But I've seen lots of other retailers selling them. It was very easy to assemble. And if you have a small car like mine, you can get it shipped directly to your house. What we do with this cart is each kid has 5 drawers. Their laundry day is usually Sunday. So when their laundry is done they put together a complete outfit (underwear, socks, pants, shirt) and put it in one drawer. They each of one drawer for each day of the week. We used this system last year and for the most part, it worked fine. Rex was 5 and still needed some assistance getting a full set of clothes in each drawer. But then when the kids wake up in the morning, they can immediately go do a drawer and pick out their clothes.
That saves SO MUCH time and stress out of my mornings. See, I'm not a morning person AT ALL. So the easier, the better.
Another thing we try to do is make sure all our jackets/hats/etc are on the hooks next to the front door. And our shoes will be organized by the front door.
We also started an "inbox" system for the papers that come out of their folders at the end of the day. Having an inbox gives the kids a specific place for them to put the papers and a specific place for me to look for papers. Then I can sort out what needs to be signed, returned, marked in my date book, and what can be thrown away.
I'm working on having a stress-free school year this year. Especially right at the beginning when everyone is going to be freaking out (mama's included)
credit for the cart goes to michaels.com
