Stacking And Labeling

Its been a busy day here at Shipley Central. While I still try to piece together an organizational miracle, the girls have moved on to stacking and labeling.

I know that other mothers out there likely feel as I do: 1. the house is never completely clean, 2. when you put things away and try to get everything done it is like taking one step forward and two steps back!

I have worked so hard this week trying to catch up on laundry, clean up piles that seem to have come out of no where and are multiplying, re-organize and try and get ride of the clutter. This is no easy task, especially with 2 kids running around getting in to everything I just did.

I decided to take a break today. After sorting through a storage box of workbooks and flash cards, and other home educational tools; I came across these post-it notes made for teachers where you can write and use sight words. I decided to write down some simple objects and I let Gracie post them around her room. You may remember that I tried this once before, but she was too little and she kept tearing them up. I think this time it might just work. My plan is to add a few more words each week.

After Gracie and I labeled her room, Emma helped me stack and sort. I was so excited that she was able to stack blocks. Believe it or not this is actually a skill for babies/toddlers. She didn't exactly get them stacked neatly, but she did it. A couple of times they fell over, but she thought that was fun too. I had to snap a picture of her attempts.

Now that the girls are organized I better step up my efforts! There is far too much under the beds, and you don't want to even look at the linen closet (that I just re-organized not 2 weeks ago!!)