I have been making great strides in my never ending quest at getting my family organized!
I did the whole chore chart yesterday and was really happy with that.
We set up a " Launch Pad" area, it has a bench, a set of drawers, and a coat rack by the garage door so the kids can leave their homework in their drawers and hang the backbacks and coats all at one place.
My major accomplishment though is our family notebook
I was inspired at my other favourite website www.organizedhome.com they have a household notebook that you can print out. I did several of those pages as well as made up some of my own, added a babysitters checklist, a notebook for messages and a few more things.
Some of the pages are really informative lol theyre lists of doctors, dentists, kids schools, family and friends.
Other pages are yellow pages full of frequently called numbers restaraunts that we use ( TGIFridays take out!) heating and AC company, utility company, etc.
I thought another important thing was to add a sheet in the front of the notebook with my kids information I put their full names, birthdays, allergies, etc. Just in case of emergency and the babysitter has to give out any information at all.
We keep it in the kitchen in plain view near the phone so any information we need is right there.
So what are your best tips for keeping ( or getting) a family organized?
I did the whole chore chart yesterday and was really happy with that.
We set up a " Launch Pad" area, it has a bench, a set of drawers, and a coat rack by the garage door so the kids can leave their homework in their drawers and hang the backbacks and coats all at one place.
My major accomplishment though is our family notebook
I was inspired at my other favourite website www.organizedhome.com they have a household notebook that you can print out. I did several of those pages as well as made up some of my own, added a babysitters checklist, a notebook for messages and a few more things.
Some of the pages are really informative lol theyre lists of doctors, dentists, kids schools, family and friends.
Other pages are yellow pages full of frequently called numbers restaraunts that we use ( TGIFridays take out!) heating and AC company, utility company, etc.
I thought another important thing was to add a sheet in the front of the notebook with my kids information I put their full names, birthdays, allergies, etc. Just in case of emergency and the babysitter has to give out any information at all.
We keep it in the kitchen in plain view near the phone so any information we need is right there.
So what are your best tips for keeping ( or getting) a family organized?
