thursday tip: cleaning zones & life

this summer is coming to a close this weekend...sad!  but, my body is ready for the change of seasons...i can feel it in my blood.  i don't want the cold, cold, mn winter to come...that could just pass us by and i would be happy.  but, i do love fall and the cooler nights, the colors and just the sense of seasons changing...life changes too.

this summer has been hard, because the girls stopped taking their naps for the most part.  and if they did take one...it was for about an hour.  in an hour, i don't get much done, include cleaning my house.  so i had to switch things up a bit around here and try...

cleaning zones

it was pretty easy, since my house is three levels, so i broke out each level into a 'zone'.

zone 1:  

basement, which includes a bathroom

zone 2:  

main floor, which has the kitchen

zone 3: 

 upstairs, bedrooms & another bathroom

each zone has a room that takes a little bit longer then the rest, so i started in that room...for example zone 1...the bathroom is the worst!  so, i would start in there to make sure i got it finished!  i gave myself about an hour or a little more to get whatever zone i was cleaning that day done.  some days i didn't finish, but that was okay.  getting a little done was better then having a messy house.

 i had to give up having a totally clean house in 3 hours and it all done in one day and focus on just getting each zone cleaned and being done in 3 days!  it worked.  i don't love it, but it worked, so that is why i am sharing it with you.

now with the seasons changing, my cleaning is going to change as well...mostly because school starts next thursday...which leads me to just life!

i have BIG girls now!  i don't think it hit me until tonight at their open house.  they have a real classroom, where they will talk about what day it is, what tomorrow is, what the weather is...crazy!  and a 'star' each with...how cute is that?

i didn't get a lot of great pictures, but a few...i love that they have their own little cubby for their paperwork...so, so cute!

i wish these was more in focus!

and playing.  their good friend eli will be in class with them, which i think

will make the first day of school a little bit easier on them both.

 (another not so great picture!)

 this is the first time that their bbf's s&o will not be in their class. they are going to

a different pre-school.  we will still see them lots and at music class, but it will

be different without them!

the long weekend is almost here...doing anything fun?

we are...more to come on that!