At The Creek - Organized Christmas

Week 4 - Close To Home Week

To the munchkins' rooms I go! Actually this has been a work in progress for the past week or so anyway...so I had a bit of a head start here. There are always way too many toys for them to pick up after they are done...does anyone else have experience with this also?!?

On the decluttering front...so with the exception of sorting out all of their clothes by season...their rooms are done!

On the cleaning front...their rooms are going to be going through my intensive fall cleaning (I also do spring cleaning). With the princess' dust mite allergy...this is a necessity. We need to remove their air conditioners, clean the windows, wipe down the walls, turn the mattresses and clean the floors. We are going to be "redoing" the princess' room this year...more to follow...so this is also going to be a huge head start on that project!

On the organizing front...this is where I need as much help as possible! Luckily I have an expert organizer right here at home! I am going to be looking for some cute ways to organize their rooms. I want something more than just the plastic tubs that we have now. I want their rooms to reflect them and be organized. So this may take a while...I tend to go slowly onthese things because I want it right from the start...less waste that way.

Forms to print off:

Holiday Home Spruce-Up Checklist
Birthday Planner

This is also the time to plan any Advent celebrations that you want to do with your family. I watched an episode of Katie Brown's Workshop a couple of days ago and she had a wonderful and unique idea for the Advent calender. I think that we are going to do this! For some reason...I am having difficulty adding that link so here it is. http://www.katiebrown.com/kbep1.cfm?cat=NEST&episodeid=25&seasonID=2

Also, they recommend splitting your Christmas Card list into 5 sections and completing the first one this week. This is something that my honey usually enjoys doing...so I will leave that to him!

How are your Christmas preparations coming along? Anything new that you are incorporating this year?

Blessings,
MrsC