Making chores fun

Chores…yes, those things that have to get done but nobody wants to do them!  Here’s a quick and easy suggestion for having kids (and maybe even husbands help at home.  This can work with kids of all ages.
Purchase or make paper tags with a hole. 
(Tip:  Repurposing used file folders is a great material [...]

Great idea!

The other day I told my 10-year-old daughter I was going to buy her a dustpan.  She looked at me with a puzzled expression.  I told her it would be a great way for her to clean (i.e. “scoop up”) her room since she likes to play with tiny toys such as Littlest Pet Shop, [...]

Getting kids organized

Wouldn’t it be great if kids were just naturally organized little beings?  (You could say the same for adults).   Of course, some children are more organized than others but what do you do when you have a child who isn’t into placing all of his or her things in their designated places – without multiple [...]

Kitchen organizing

I worked with a client yesterday to assist her in organizing her kitchen.  She enjoys cooking so she has collected quite a few kitchen tools and small appliances.  We started the organizing process by emptying out the kitchen drawers and grouping utensils and tools into  categories of “use” such as:

entertaining (cake knives, wine tools, serving spoons)
every [...]

Organizing kids

How many times have you asked your kids to pick up their stuff and put it where it belongs?  As for myself, I can’t even count the number of times!  Since my kids were old enough use a chart with symbols, I have created “chore charts” – some better than others.  Recently, a friend of [...]