Progress Link Up #2

It's progress check #2. Not much to report but we are chugging away at the pile, little by little. I think we're getting down to the last little miscellaneous pieces of "stuff" that might just require me going through without the boys helping. I don't need them deciding they want to keep the little broken-off part of some old toy. =) After that, we'll be ready to do a final (good) containerizing & organizing.

Peter Pan & Skippy still are NOT excited to work on cleaning up but once they're started they follow-through. I'm hoping we can create a habit by being consistent!

Progress Link Up #1

Today is the first progress update for the 29 day challenge over at I'm an Organizing Junkie. While you can't actually SEE much progress in the play room, I do think a lot has of progress has been made this week, in my mind. I finally created a VERY simple weekly schedule for myself for cleaning, organizing & such and it's been amazing that I've stuck to it for a whole week. I've struggled for so long with lack of motivation that this past week has been so refreshing!

The boys & I have worked in their room/play room the last two Saturdays. We set the timer for one hour & then I give them specific tasks to do during that time. In fact, last weekend Skippy was in charge of moving all of his tractors to their room to store in the underbed storage. I was so tickled pink when he organized them according to color!

So, even though the picture doesn't show a whole lot of change, I think the change is happening "upstairs" for us! I couldn't be more grateful for that!

29 Day Organizing Challenge - Can I do it again?

Well, the start of a new year always brings a desire to get this place in tip-top shape! However, I've really been having a hard time getting into any kind of routine and the piles have grown into mountains!
Laura at I'm an Organizing Junkie is doing another organizing challenge this year & I'm going to participate again! This time I'll be concentrating on the junktoy room. I could have chosen the laundry room (yikes!) or the attic again (the garage sale dumping grounds) but I have some specific reasons for picking the toy room:

1. It's a mess. Duh.
2. It's so nice to send the kids up there to play the Wii when they have some energy to burn off. But they can hardly do that with the room in it's current condition.

and the most important reason...

3. My children see my struggle to stay organized and are adopting those bad habits. Peter Pan has an especially hard time remembering his homework. It's another mother guilt that I burden myself with, so maybe with some encouragement (Laura's challenge!) I can get started on the right path. I don't want my kids to be perfect, but they've got to at least learn how to function properly in life!

On to some pictures. Oh boy...