Monthly storage of kid art

I have the kids put all their precious creations in a scrapbook storage box labeled with the month. I start a new box each month, and the old box works as an archive. The older box (in the photo, December) gets moved to cheaper real estate (basement, under parent bed, etc) and I have a month to pick through it for a few gems. The rest goes to recycling, and since it's been 6 weeks at that point, I don't worry about a kid coming to me to find some old piece of art.

Companion crafts and activities for your kid's favorite books

Again, maybe I am late to the party on this, but google the title and author of a kid's favorite book along with the keywords "PDF printable" and - oh my! Enrichment! 

I discovered this because it seemed obvious there would be resources for Marceau's "Windblown", but then I fell down the rabbit-hole of other book series. Serieseses. 

If anyone else tries this, I would love for you to share what you found in the comments.

Treat the whole house like a Target bathroom

Ever notice the back of the bathroom door at Target stores?

They keep a log of when the place was last cleaned. Brilliant! I decided to do that for myself, to keep track of the dates I cleaned, changed, or accomplished various things, by using masking tape and small magnetic dry-erase boards on the inside of the bathroom mirror/cabinet.
PLEASE NOTE: I DON'T ALWAYS REMEMBER TO RECORD EVERYTHING, SO SOME OF THESE DATES ARE COMPLETELY WRONG. For example, I rotated some toys just yesterday.
I admit; this would work much better if I kept up with it more. I'm usually better with it; the holidays got me off my game.

Simple Dresses for Clothing a Three-Year-Old Girl

Does she want to wear leggings? Jeans? Pants? Tights? A cotton dress works with any of those options. My 3yo loves to TWIRL, so the secret there is to only get dresses with drop-waist twirliness; that way she can run, jump, play, climb without it getting in her way. This is her latest everyday dress. I have Gap credit so it's free to me, but for the a few bucks more, you can get 2 similar dresses at Old Navy.

Febreze Odor Removal Appliance

You would think they could come up with a catchier name.
Anyway, the F.O.R.A. is a fan-with-filter contraption that plugs into, and hangs from, an outlet.
We have a cat, and we have our F.O.R.A. plugged in right above the litterbox. I didn't realize just how good a job it was doing until I went a month past due to change the filter, and it became less effective and I could smell what I wasn't smelling before. Namely, not just the litterbox, but the diaper pail in the other room! This device is near the door to the baby's room, a door left open whenever the baby is not asleep. The F.O.R.A. has been eliminating the diaper pail smell in there as well, which is pretty impressive to me.

Most people would be annoyed to pay $20 for an electric air freshener, but it's really effective and it doesn't leave any scent at all - no cloying cover-up scent. It won't purify the air, and it has a limited radius, but for pets or babies, this thing is great.