Spring Cleaning

Spring Cleaning Project:

Basement

I am so embarred to show these pictures. 

It was a nightmare down there. 

The basement is unfinished, which is a dream come true as far as the boys are concerned. They can go crazy in there. It's fun that they don't have to clean up every time they are down there. And I've obviously taken to the same thought pattern.

 This has been a place to pile my "junk". And a place for me to be lazy.

 

 My poor family had to sleep here. Sorry!

 This is my craft area. YIKES! 

 This picture does to not do justice to the amount of boxes I cleared out from the basement.

It was shameful.

 Here's my sweet hubby. Swooning over the fact that one day, this basement will be finished!

 And here's my AFTER.

 Room to move!

This is a much cozier place for my family to rest when they come to visit.

 A safe, organized place to play.

 And finally…my craft area. This is MUCH better.

I love these little crafting pots for storage of scissors and such. 

 This entire process cost took me about 10 hours.

But it was so worth it!

I am so thankful that I was able to get his done before I spent 30 hours in the hospital with Micah.

More on that later!

So have you done any spring cleaning?

Link up your projects here!

Organization...Baby Steps

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...If Only This Was Me...

I want to be organized SO badly. I can't seem to keep anything together and neat.

I'll give myself a little slack seeing as how I have 3 kids 4 years old and under, but still....

One of the areas that drives me insane is my diaper bag. Everything gets tossed in there. Broken crayons, spit up rags, paper, I've even found Chick Fil A sauces in there.
It's a hot mess in there. So today I've decided to organize it.

Baby steps.

Here's what it looked like when I dumped it out....

I know what you're thinking...."oh my"

So here's what I decided I needed to do:

Downsize and Package:

I had lost my awesome little diaper organizer so this will have to do.

Boys snacks in one bag (apple juice, granola bars, trail mix and fruit snacks). And Ella's bib, spoon, cereal, and baby food in the other.

I had about 3 different pairs of socks, 8 headbands, and a million other articles of clothing in the bag for her, so I downsized and decided on ONE outfit (including headband of course) and fit it in a bag.

Done!

And I feel better already. We'll see how long this will last!

Wish me luck!