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Our Cleaning Schedule

Hello everyone! I hope this helps anyone who’s looking for a simple schedule that can easily be changed to your preference.

Laundry: Every night before bed I put a load of laundry through, then one of the first things in the morning is changing the load over. Fold when I have a minute in the day. This keeps the laundry pill low or almost non existent.

General house cleaning: I made a list of chores that I spaced out throughout the week. Some days I get two “days” work in, others I miss days. I have it written out this way so I am able to have a bit of a schedule to myself.

Monday: Upstairs – Tidy, Dust, Vacuum, strip all the beds to wash the bedding.

Tuesday: Bathrooms

Wednesday: Main floor – Tidy, Dust, Vacuum, Mop, Wash the windows

Thursday: Basement- Tidy, Dust, Vacuum.

Friday: Bathrooms

Saturday: Anything that needs to be done outside.

Sunday: Is family day, other then general everyday things we don’t clean the home.

Every day things:

Dishes are done before bed, laundry put away, quick 5 min tidy in each room. Kids clean up after they play before they move on to the next activity and if possible always take the time to put stuff away. I also try to find the time to vacuum the main floor at least every second day.

Monthly things:

Washing walls and doors in this home it’s a must with the dogs and toddlers.

Deep clean of the kitchen

Organize the pantry.

Go through all the kids clothes and see what fits and what can be given away.

This is what works for our family. It’s what I found works for the Kids schedules and mine. Bathrooms days are on days that we have lots of activity’s going on.

Let me know what you do or if you have any tricks/tips!

-Caitlin

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Jello Sensory Activity

Hello Everyone!

Today I have a fun activity called Jell-O sensory

Time to set up: 10 mins to make. Let sit over night to harden.

Kids play time: L. And M. Was about 30 minutes the first time around.

Isn’t L. So cute here!!! She had so much fun taking apart and eating the jell-O!

What You Need:

-Jell-O (would of loved to find blue, but green was the next best option)

-Container

-Plastic Animals

-Rocks (optional)

Instructions:

1. Start by washing whatever items you were going to add to the Jell-O

2. Get your container of choice, then pour in Jell-O packet. Double check your Jell-O instructions (for this one it was one packet to one cup of hot water mix really well and then add in 1 cup of cold water and then mix thoroughly again).

3. After Jell-O is mixed go ahead and add in your rocks and your plastic animals we chose to do a sea theme here. Unfortunately I didn’t find any blue Jell-O so we went with the next best option of green.

I really wanted to have three layers so what I did was I put some stuff on the rocks put some on the bottom of the Jell-O and then put the Jell-O in the fridge, it was just about set. Then I added the pieces on the top as you see in the photo below. Let it sit overnight and then take it out whenever you’re ready to play with it!

It was such a fun Activity for the kids (L. Had a friend join us in this endeavour).

L. Started by poking all the Sea Creatures, then worked her way to the Jell-O. Took about 15 min till she started really digging in taking out the animals.

Quick Tip: A paper towel adds a great visual for where to place the items after they have been taken out. It will help with throwing or placing sticky toys directly on the table. A plate would also work. An example is shown below. 👇🏼