Wow cannot believe it is the end of July already…here in Canada we have been having a spectacular summer so far. One of the big challenge a lot of us face during long school vacations is how to keep our homes from getting totally destroyed while the kids are all home, I know my home gets its share of chaos as we have a beautiful pool that attracts lots of visitors throughout the summer and along with visitors comes clutter and mess.
In my cruising the web today I found this great article about Taming kids Clutter from Readers Digest, it has some great info to keep the clutter at bay and teach the kids some good habits. Check it out here.
Is it possible that how we talk to our kids can actually be encouraging them to be future clutters? A fellow professional Organizer Tracy Paye wrote about a conversation she overheard one of her clients having with his daughter…read the article here for more.
While we are on the subject of kids clutter I have some helpful hints if you are tackling the kids toy room, read the article: Playroom Storage Solutions for Kids Toys.
As it is Summer here in North America things seem to be quite quiet and I have not found any upcoming events to mention, if you have any organizing events coming up please share them with us so we can share them with all our readers.
Here is a great book if you have kids that are interested in organizing, my daughter loved this one as it is written by kids:
Hope everyone had a great July and are looking forward to the coming months…Drop us a line if you have anything to contribute to the next Watercooler at the end of August, we love to share!
Kim and Elaine
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