Welcome to our third week of summer vacation and Tackle It Tuesday #3. This summer I decided to pick one big project a week to do, and blog about it. I am teaming up with 5 Minutes for Mom and joining in on their weekly Tackle It Tuesday post.
So, this week I continued with the Herculean skill of cleaning out our home schooling "stuff". It involved sorting through school papers, supplies, and projects. I am sure this would be a difficult task for any teacher, but especially when your students are your own children.
Here, Ladybug, age 6, decided to take a picture of me as I dived into my work.
What to save? How to save it? Where do I put it?
Fortunately, I had help from my friends. Kristy gave me some wonder advice about saving her girls' art work:
"I take pictures of the big or bulkly artwork and print them in wallet sizes. Allows me to scrapbook everything I wanted to keep without actually keeping it all. I also LOVE kid art so I've framed a bunch of stuff and I have a art collage over the couch in my room. I wake up to it every day and I love that. Also, I save too much stuff and when I go through it a few years later, I'm not so emotional about it and I find myself purging some more."
My husband helped me with our first Tackle It Tuesday project "Cleaning out the Garage", and the results inspired me to continue with this project even when I grew frustrated, tired and just plain sick of it.
I also had two little helpers this week who sorted out toys, pencils, and crayons.
Are they are hard at work, or play?
Here are the results of the week...
Lovely. Good job. I haven't even begun to clean our school room. I need more bookcases or to pack up some books at the very least.
Posted by: Jordana | 07/05/2011 at 11:57 AM
Another idea for things you don't want to take pictures of, is to use page protectors. My AJ is allergic to dust, and with a Zipper closed Binder ,I can keep it all down to just the dust on the outside of the binder. :)
Posted by: kyooty | 07/05/2011 at 01:28 PM
wow... if you lived closer I would hire you to help me with MY mess :o) Good job.
Posted by: Sharon O | 07/05/2011 at 03:01 PM
Hi Mary BB! It's Donna from JCPenney! Would love to speak to you. Enjoying your site and I see you and husband have another daughter since we last spoke over 3 years ago.
Posted by: Donna | 07/05/2011 at 08:16 PM
Great idea about the page protectors, Kyooty! My Ladybug is allergic too, so we try to keep the dust to a minimum.
Posted by: Mary @ A Simple Twist of Faith | 07/05/2011 at 09:40 PM
Welcome Donna! Yes, my life has changed a LOT since I last saw you. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Posted by: Mary @ A Simple Twist of Faith | 07/05/2011 at 09:42 PM
Sharon, I would love to help you if you weren't 3,000 miles away!
Posted by: Mary @ A Simple Twist of Faith | 07/05/2011 at 09:43 PM
Jordana, Your lesson plans rock! Talk about organized!
Posted by: Mary @ A Simple Twist of Faith | 07/05/2011 at 09:56 PM
Great job, Mary! I organized my room last night... I should have taken pictures! :)
Posted by: Julie @ The Corner With A View | 07/06/2011 at 11:56 AM
Mary, I am not that far away. I could use help!!! ;-)
Great job, girls! Remember I have tons of books to loan on just about every subject. You guys can come and look them over when we get back.
Love,
Gram
Posted by: Geri | 07/06/2011 at 12:36 PM