Reuse glass jam jars for nuts and dried fruit

My husband has expensive taste in jam. Or should I say fruit preserves. He buys this fancy, boutiquey brand. It seemed extravagant... until I realized how lovely and useful the jars can be.

The labels come off clean in the dishwasher top rack (without falling apart), and the jars and lids stand up to the dishwasher top rack for repeated washes. The 8oz size is just right for keeping snacks on hand.

We buy our raisins and craisins in bulk, so it's helpful to have a convenient jar to grab for sprinkling on cereal instead of the enormous Costco bag. The rest of the bags of nuts from Trader Joe's go in the freezer, to keep the oils in the nuts fresh, donchaknow.

I like to cut the labels from the bags and stick them on the jar with clear packing tape. The tape can weather a few runs in the dishwasher, but it's not a tragedy to peel it off and start over.

Clementines in glass vases

I think the wood boxes they come in are cute, but vases create vertical storage and take up a smaller countertop footprint.

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.

Ziploc divided containers for daycare lunches

I love LOVE these Ziploc containers for making the girls' lunches. They have three separate parts, so it's easy to just check off my mental list:
sandwich
fruit
veggie
dairy

AND the boxes fit in the girls' Skip Hop lunchboxes. I usually stick a Gogurt or a juice box in the lunch box too.

The containers are really cheap and fit in the dishwasher's top rack. If I forget to unpack the girls' lunches all weekend and end up with a Hideous Mold Situation, it's not the end of days to sacrifice a container.

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.

Floss and brush teeth right before a shower

Maybe everyone's been doing this forever, and I'm a little late to the party?
It feels really great to floss and brush before I get in the shower, because when I step out, I feel SUPERCLEAN.
Additionally, I am bad about flossing, so attaching it to an existing routine means I floss regularly.

Velcro detergent cup to the side of the washing machine

A few weeks ago, the measuring cup for the laundry detergent mysteriously disappeared.
My husband joked that we should Velcro the next one to the side of the washing machine, so we don't lose it. I thought that was a brilliant idea.
This only makes sense if you use the same detergent all the time, or have a lot of little Velcro stickers. I put the fuzzy side on the machine and the hook side on the cup, but it probably doesn't matter much which goes on which.