My Organizer

We have roughly six weeks until this baby girl's due date.  I will freely admit to feeling a little panicked at the state of our house- closets, laundry room, kitchen cabinets, etc...  One friend sweetly said, "Ohhhh..you're nesting."  To me it's a little more like a near freak-out moment again. We are bringing another person into this home, I will have less time than I do now, there will be people here, who wants to trip over walmart bags and various items on the floor when trying to do the laundry, where will we put her diapers, her clothes, etc...
So, I have engaged the help of my six year old.  If you want Kayla's help around the house, never ask her if she wants to help clean. You won't get a very enthusiastic response. Instead, ask her if she would like to organize.  Then you will get smiles and eager nods of the head.  She pulled everything out of our food cabinet, told me what needed to be thrown away, cleaned it out, and reorganized what was left.  Then, she opened the refrigerator (which I had just cleaned minutes before), told me it was dirty, and wiped it down again.  She has also helped to organize the linen closet and the bathroom cabinet.
We are not done, by a long shot.  But we are getting closer and it really is fun to work on it with her.
(By the way, no pictures of our organziation.  Some of you would cringe at my standards of what qualifies as order.  Even Kayla is often not satisfied...)