Towels, Towels and more Towels - take 2

St. Patricks Day Towel - found the shamrock towel for $1 then added the fabric!

Valentine's Day Towel - 3 tier ruffle - love, love, love  how cute this turned out!!

Containers & more

The Homework Bucket -  Several years ago when our 3rd daughter started school and afternoon homework sessions became our normal daily fight.  I gathered a few things and put them in this bucket (originally it was made to hold picnic supplies).  I was tired of sending the girls off to get a pencil or paper or something to write on and then they would never return thus delaying our "session". So I gathered everything together in one place. This has saved so much time & hassle looking for things.

Our bucket contains: dry erase boards (behind the clipboard), clipboard, paper, dry erase markers, erasers, glue sticks, scissors, pencils (although I think those have wandered off again), calculator, etc.

The Hair Bucket - one day while getting girls ready for school I kept having to send them off for different things (brush, hair ponies, the right color flower) thus missing the bus, again! UGH!!!  So I noticed the homework bucket which gave me an idea.  I also needed a place to contain the flowers too.  The bucket has butterflies punched out all around the top. I ran a ribbon through the butterflies to have a place to put bobbie pins and the flower clips.  It also helped the handbands stay in place as well. Then we added the every important pony tails of all sizes, detangler spray and brushes.  I like that I can move it were ever we need and also tuck it away in the cabinet in the bathroom.

The Playhouse

A couple of weeks ago, my youngest daughter asked to get the playhouse out.  This requires setting up the card table (which is buried in the garage) and then digging through the linen closet to fish the house out.  At times I would try to interest her in others things to play with so I didn't have to go through all the hastle.  But this year being the year of  "adjustments" (aka learning to live without my oldest at home), I've found myself thinking "she's only 10" she is still little :)  So we dug the house out.  I remember the little girls spending their days playing in that house- filling it with baby dolls, blankets and books.  The girls would request lunch in their house and wanted me to place it in front of the tv so they could watch a movie in their house.  I really do have to say I have missed seeing it out.