This is Riley playing at the Cerra Vista Afterschool Program for the Y Booth! 
Anthony & Wes checking out the inside of the police car! 
Yesterday was an awesome day for Wes! He received the Honor Roll Award!! He has been working very hard to get those good grades~ Way to Go Wesley :) 
This was for recognizing the students that were 1 or 2 points away from a perfect score in the Star Testing. Wes was 1 point away in the mathematic section of the test~ Woo Hoo!!! He received a free 1 hour play to Happy Jumpy!
Project Simplify: Hot Spot #5~ Final one of this 5 week series with Simple Mom! Love this website! This weeks hot spot was a free-for-all! Choose your own cluttered area! Well, the one that has been bothering for quite some time was this catch all cabinet in our mudroom. It literally took me hours to clean this out! Above is the before picture (obviously!) I had papers in here that were dated back from 2005! Yikes!! 
This is the cabinet after! Yay!! The top shelf has my vases and the bottom shelf has a bin of light bulbs and an organizer (to the right) for all the batteries- which we go through a lot!! There is still some room in here. 
Project Simplify: Hot Spot # 4~ Yay, I am actually posting this one on time!! Maybe I will have a chance at this weeks giveaway~ ebooks from Simple Mom that I would love to read!! Above is the frig. before~ a much needed trip to the grocery store! 
Here is the frig. after! Not too hard to clean. I do this pretty often. It's always a good idea to try to do this before your next shopping trip. 
Pantry before. Like with the frig., not too many out-dated items, but the shelves needed a good washing. 
And the pantry after. Much more organized and clean. The mason jars were pretty dusty. Hopefully I will get better at making time to can some jams and what not this year. Those got relocated to the top shelf, then there are baking goods, canned foods & rice & pastas, and snacks on the bottom shelf. The aprons are hung on the left. Everyone in the family has at least one! The boys love to help in the kitchen! 
I love how this shelf turned out. I do love to label things!! 
The week before this hot spot was revealed, I had cleaned above the frig.~ Boy, what a mess it was. I forgot to take a before pic., but this is after. All that is up there are bread & bagels. 
This is how I have been storing my kitchen utensils for the last few years~ in a flower pot! 
And we keep most of our fruit (and some pistachios) in a tray on the counter, just like Tsh from Simple Mom! It is a great way for the kids to just grab a snack, except in my house they all want their apples cut.
Wesley's before shot of his dresser and closet. These are out of order- see near the bottom for his after. 
Project Simplify: Hot Spot #3~ Kids Toys & Clothes! The picture above is my son's train table with a lot of stuff on it and bins under it and behind it under our bench. 
Here is Riley playing (and helping Mom) during the sorting of the toys. He was such a good sport! 
Here is the train table all clean and with no bins underneath and the baskets under the bench cleaned out and orgainized. 
Here is another hot spot for toys-in the hall closet. This is the before picture-lots of baby toys, and since Riley is almost 4 years old we retired these to storage (for now). 
Here is the hall closet after. Much more organized and with toys that he actually plays with. 
Anthony's before picture of his dresser. I can't seem to find his after picture....oops! 
Riley's before picture of his dresser. 
And his after picture. 
Well these are out of order! Wesley's after picture of his dresser. 
Wesley's pile of clothes that don't fit. Some we will store for Riley!
Hot Spot #2~ My dreaded office, BEFORE! I had already begun this HUGE project (before I had started to de-clutter with Simple Mom) and the table in front has all the arts & crafts stuff on it, taken down from the cabinet. I purged a lot of what the kids don't use and it's all organized now (forgot to take a picture!)
Scary, I know. This has always been my hardest area to keep clean and organized. Actually, my office has never been completely organized. I LOVE this de-cluttering with Project: Simplify at Simple Mom. I am always re-organizing and cleaning some certain hot spots in my home. I guess it's like home maintenance.
And my office, AFTER, not so dreadful, but I have yet to complete it! Still on the list is:
I can see a completely organized office in my future!! Yay!!
Hot Spot #1~ The Closet
Here is the after picture, as you can see Kevin still has to go through his clothes (they are on the bed) and shoes. I would do it, but I don't know what he wants to toss! At least the above shelf is clean.
