I feel so glad that I finally cleaned up our “office room” closet. My friend Sarah, who is super organized, keeps everything in these nice, uniform bins. Her organization inspired me a little and I bought 3 bins at Wal-Mart. 🙂 I know, getting a little crazy, huh!!
I did some organizing during Charlotte’s nap. She usually only naps for one hour, and I used to feel so unproductive during that hour because I’d have to nap at the same time (due to my getting up with her during the night). Nowadays, she sometimes sleeps through the WHOLE night (I know, pretty awesome for a child who’s about to turn two. Ha!)… Or if she does wake up she only wakes once or twice. So I don’t have to take a nap very often, which is a relief because it’s a time when I can do things on my own. I’m SOOOO glad she sometimes sleeps through the night! Anyway…
It was time to get some things under control. The box below may not look organized, but oh, it is. I now have just this one box for all the kid craft items, so when they want to do anything artsy, we get out this box, and we make a big, creative mess of it all. (Thanks to my mom, it includes a fun assortment of Mrs. Grossman’s stickers that my kids love to use!)
A second box holds all our our paper, coloring books, and workbooks. It’s nice to have all of that in one place—it’s all so much easier to find!
Charlotte loves coloring, especially if I color with her. She constantly requests that I write a letter “A” on her paper. Maybe she wants to feel like a stellar student?? I’m glad she likes to color because then Chase will also color. He’s never been into coloring AT ALL. But when that’s what’s going on, he can’t help but join in the fun, if only for a minute or two. But he does enjoy doing a few pages in his workbooks, so there’s something for everyone in here.
I like seeing all the creations kids come up with on their own. Nothing super spectacular– Just cute! I especially love the little caterpillar family that Chase made (below).
