they were here / 1

I don’t have a lot of time these days to work on the house like I want to, but I do like to keep things neat and tidy. For me it is very true that outer order contributes to inner calm.

However, that’s often hard to do when kids are living a full life in the space. We keep their “stuff” to a minimum and I do a daily pick-up of the house which helps, but as long as they are there I will find evidence of them. And actually, I love that. So this photo series is to celebrate the little things around the home that remind me: my kids were here.

Current library book on my bedside table. Meredith likes to “read” it to me and I love her interpretation of the pages.

We’ve been coloring a lot lately.

My sink, with an Olaf cup. She brushes her teeth in the bathroom with me and I also never know when she will ask for water before bed.

I should really move this out of the way since I walk right by it all the time, but it reminds me how the kids were playing “firefighter” all last week leading up to Halloween. (See our costumes here, btw!)

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5 responses to “they were here / 1”

November 5, 2015

San

I love this. Evidence that they are there! :)

BTW, I’ve used and love that orange cleanser!

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November 5, 2015

Nora

I left some things up that the girls hung in odd places, or put where I wouldn’t normally want it, but I like the reminder that they were with us. I also laugh every time I find a bobby pin or hair tie shoved in between the couch/chair cushions even though YES I have cleaned them since they left. Kid interpretation of stories/books is my favorite.

How do you keep the crayons IN the box? My girls always dump them out and then they never fit back in the box. I have a tupperware full of crayons as a result :)

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November 5, 2015

natalie

Love this! What a good way to be thankful for their presence instead of annoyed by their mess :)

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November 5, 2015

Sarah

I love this! :)

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November 5, 2015

rachieannie

We have “How Do Dinosaurs Go To School”. Fun!

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