Mom Life with Adrienne

 It is hard to believe that back to school is coming so quick. We start next week and many kids are already in school. It can be easy to get overwhelmed with so much to get done and things to buy. Not just for you, but also for your kids. I have some tips to help you get organized for less stressful back to school. If you already started school it isn't to late to make some changes around the house either. There is no time better than the present to switch up routines and get organized. 

 Hey friends. Do you have a family command center in your house? I believe they are so essential to minimize clutter, keep things organized, and helps with day to day routines. Since moving into our new to us house almost 3 years ago we have had a command center somewhere in the house. At one time it was all in the kitchen/dining room. Now it is in our office. It is the home base for all the important paperwork and to know what is going on. Previously papers would be thrown on the table or the island, left in bookbags, and occasionally get lost. 

 Hey friends. Since being gone most of last week and coming home to tornado clean-up I feel like I am playing catch up on getting stuff today. I planned on going grocery shopping on Monday then my car decided it wasn't going to start again. I ended up going shopping yesterday. 

I am linking up with Erika and Shay today for this month's Let Look.

 Hey friends. It is Maycember. Have you heard the phrase before? It is the craziness time of the year minus the gifts and lights of December and no cute Hallmark movies to make it all better. For the next two months there is as least one thing on the calendar each day, if not numerous things. This is the first year that it is like "wow omg we have a lot going on". With 3 kids, end of the year activities, field trips, tests, school projects, concerts, sports, holidays (memorial day, mother's day, Cinco De Mayo), birthdays, graduations, regular schedules, summer school (ours starts the week after school gets out), safety town, and more. Let's not forget spring cleaning, yard work, and house projects that are never ending. In our house thrown in some extra kids I am watching and Brian has to go out of town for a week for work. We have a lot going on. I could sit here and stress about it or I can get organized and prepared for the craziness of the season. Let's get organized and remember this is just a season. 

 Hey love. September is only a few days away. I am preparing for the new month with new schedules and routines with the kids back in school. I always feel like September is like a new year. A fresh start with so many new opportunities. I have XXX things that I do at the beginning of every month to help start each month on the best foot possible to do all the things. 

 Hey loves. It is hard to believe that my kids start school next week. Where did the summer go? We are partially prepared with all our back to school supplies, ideas for packing lunches, and some new clothes. 

Are you ever really 100% ready for back to school? 

 You would think that when we moved only a year ago I would have purged and decluttered before we moved in. That only happened a little. Now that we have a bigger house I feel like we have collected a lot more stuff that we don't use. Are you in the same boat? Items sitting around collecting dust, overflowing book shelves, clothes that don't fit, toys that aren't played with, etc. Especially after the holidays and more stuff is brought into the house. 

 Hey loves. Happy Wednesday. It has been another crazy week. I am ready for a vacation and a day to just sit home and relax, maybe that will fit on the schedule next week. Life and three kids going in different directions. Yesterday I joked that I had taxi written on my forehead with driving around. I was either at my computer doing hours for my cosmetology license or driving for the girls somewhere. I know it is just going to get worse. 

 Hey loves. My kids go back to school tomorrow. I don't know who is more excited them or me. Along with going back to school is a crazy schedule. Three kids at three different schools with different schedules, plus sports, PTA, and everything else. I need to be organized. I am a pen to paper girl, but we also keep a digital calendar that Brian and I share with everyone's schedules. I am loving my Happy Planner. I had one a few years ago then got away from it and bought other planners and always end up going back to the Happy Planner. Plus they have released Disney editions. 

Hey loves. Happy Wednesday. It is a new year, kids are finally back in school, Brian is back to working out of the house and things are starting to feel back to normal-ish. I am slowing getting into a new routine, and organizing the house. Along with that getting myself organized.  Let's look in how I am organizing my life this year. I am linking up with Shay and Erika for their monthly Lets Look series