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Six Tips for a Smoother Summer

six tips for a smoother summer
Happy Monday friends!  As the school year is starting to wind down (woot woot!) I am beginning to think about our summer plans.  Obviously one of the nicest things about summer is NOT having a schedule, but I’ve found over the years that our summers are the most enjoyable when mom stays sane.  :)  In order for that to happen there needs to be a bit of planning and organization on my part.  Last summer I shared my SIX TIPS FOR A SMOOTHER SUMMER.  I just read that post again to help me get on track this year.  It was so helpful as a reminder to me that I thought I’d share it again with all of you.  Hoping it helps you stay sane this summer too!

Enjoy your week!

xoxo, Erin
Home Decor

Spring in the Powder Bathroom

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Is everyone enjoying this time of year?  I can’t get enough of all of the beautiful trees and flowers and green green grass!  Plus rain is in our forecast tomorrow!  I can’t wait.  Rain means two things.  First it’s exciting news for us since we are in a drought here in southern Cal.  We need all the rain we can get!  Second, more of my house will get organized.  I LOVE organizing when it rains.  I don’t know what it is about cool, cloudy days.  They make me want to tear my cupboards apart and label everything in sight.  So tomorrow I will be busy.  :)

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xoxo, Erin
Parenting

Happy Mother’s Day!

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Happy Mother’s Day from my crew to yours!  I’ll be back soon with a new post!  I didn’t quite get it finished because I was reading my sweet handmade cards and soaking up all the love today.  Heading to bed feeling so grateful for these three.  I couldn’t possibly ask for more.

Hope your day was a special one!

p.s.  Working on Kole’s smile.  I think he’s attempting Flynn Rider’s smolder in this one.

:)

xoxo, Erin
Home Decor

Spring in the Family Room

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Happy May everyone!  Oh my word.  Are your calendars/planners going to blow up?  :)  My friends and I joke every year that May has become the new December.  Such a busy month for so many!  All the end of the year projects/parties/activites/gifts/graduations.  But such a fun time of year too.  Lots going on to celebrate!
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Speaking of parties, I have a couple of different events scheduled at my house in May and June and they have been great motivators for me to kick it in gear and get things done around here that have been lingering on the old to-do list for way too long!  For starters I added some Spring touches to the family room so I thought I’d share some updated pictures of this room.  YEA Spring.

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xoxo, Erin
Home Decor

Butler’s Pantry Shelves

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You guys.  I’ve been organizing like a mad woman.  No joke.  We had cloudy weather and some rain this weekend and I don’t know what it is about clouds and rain but they make me want to tear apart and organize every single drawer and cupboard in my house!  Is that weird?!  Maybe.  Probably.  I don’t care.  Things are getting checked off my list right and left and it feels good!  I haven’t had time to take pictures – been too busy with my head buried in cupboards.  ;)  But along with the organizing I also managed to re-style my butler’s pantry shelves so I thought I’d share that since I’m still mid-project with everything else.

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xoxo, Erin
Organization

Weekend Organizing

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Happy weekend everyone!  Anyone doing a little organizing?  I have several areas that have been driving me crazy!  I’m excited to tackle them.  It’s always funny to me how I’ll put off cleaning a space for so long and then when I finally just jump in and organize it, it takes hardly any time and makes such a difference.  Why do we put things off so long?  Sometimes just thinking about how we NEED to organize something takes more energy than actually diving in and doing it.  :)

Here are a few things we can tackle this week that don’t take long at all!

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xoxo, Erin
Home Decor

Backyard progress

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I love this time of year.  I got the kids off to school one morning a few days ago and was cleaning upstairs when I walked by one of our french doors and the morning light was streaming across our backyard.  It was such beautiful natural light!  I had to stop and take it all in.  And then take a picture.  :)  We are lucky that because of our weather we can really use our backyard all year long, but everything looks more beautiful in the Spring!  Our yard is still new so it’s fun to see plants and flowers finally blooming.  It’s still a work in progress and there is a lot I want to eventually do, but after living with such a small yard for so long in our previous house, having all of this space and grass for the kids to run and play on feels like a dream!  I’m going to do a post at some point with more details on our back yard because I get lots of questions about our trampoline, fire pit and bike trail so that will be coming soon!

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xoxo, Erin
Uncategorized

Weekend Organizing

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Happy weekend everyone!  Every Saturday morning I spend a few hours getting my house in order.  The kids do some chores (unless they finished Friday during my week ahead prep) while I tackle a spot in my house that needs a little sprucing up.  I thought it might be fun on Saturdays to share a past organizing post or two to help motivate us all!  A lot of times I’m not tackling a new space, but instead just spending 15 minutes getting a space I’ve already organized back in order.  This week my kids are tidying up our craft room and all of the art supplies.

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xoxo, Erin
Favorite Things

Friday Favorites

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Happy Friday everyone!  Sharing a few recent favorites today!  Kicking off with this beautiful Aztec sign from a fun etsy shop I discovered called Vine and Branches.  Caroline makes such beautiful signs!  Most of them have words written on them and I love those too, but this Aztec pattern just spoke to me!  I’ve had fun styling my shelves with it!  It keeps playing musical decor and moving from one spot to another in my house.  :)  Check out Caroline’s etsy shop – it’s so much fun!

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xoxo, Erin

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