I love to clean. Yes I know that sounds weird but I do enjoy my clean and organized house. I especially look forward to spring cleaning. My house never looks as good as it does on a bright sunny day with the smell of Pine-Sol in the air.
I have a list for everything and everything on a list, and the first thing on my spring cleaning list is my car.
With the weather being crazy this time of year; one day it's snowing and raining, the next its bright and sunny, my kids and I tend to have impromptu trips to the park. My kids love these trips but the very first time we did it I learned we can't just stop at the park we have to be prepared. So every spring I get my car "park" ready.
I start be emptying and vacuuming the car. I like a clean interior and after a winter of not being able to clean the car in the driveway, it gets pretty gross in there. The kids are in charge of decluttering their sides. The rule is "If it is still there when I vacuum it is going in the trash". The kids hate this part but I especially love when my kids clean their side of the car and find things they have been looking for all winter. We find toys, books, socks and shoes (yes SOCKS and SHOES, I am not even sure how that happens)
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| My super cute spotted bag, and not so cute black bag |
Once my car is nice and clean, I refill the trunk. I know that sounds weird but my trunk is separated into zones: shopping and play.
In my super cute spotted bag I keep all the reusable and thermal bags we use for grocery shopping. I clean out the bags and throw out any that have wholes in them. I also only keep ten bags. Honestly, if I didn't put a limit on how many bags I have I would buy I new bag every time I went to store and that just defeats the whole purpose of reusable bags.
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| Super cute First Aid kit in the not so cute black bag. |
In the not so cute black bag I keep our very important First Aid kit. The trips to the park can get dangerous with fearless a 8 and 10 year old.
The First Aid kit is in a super kit bag :). The bag is actually one of those fold out cosmetics cases, but I don't wear that much make-up (just blush, mascara and chapstick) so in the interest of being green I repurposed the bag.
This bag is the perfect size to fit a First Aid kit. I take this time to clean out the kit and replace anything that has been used or expired.
The other thing I have is a clean up kit. This is also super handy to have when they eat or make a mess. The park doesn't always have bathrooms that should be used by humans so I have them clean their hands in the car.
And last but most importantly we have a basketball, jump rope and blanket in the car. The blanket is for me to sit and watch my little angels as they go have fun.
My car is ready for spring! Now we just need nice weather.
I linked in at what-we-accomplished-wednesday #9l
http://myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.com/tuesdays-treasures-128/and
http://www.abowlfulloflemons.net
This is on my spring clean-up list as soon as it warms up here too. We don't have a garage, so ours gets gross over the winter too. I do keep some of these things in our van, but I like your clean up kit. Making a mental note to add that :) Thank you for sharing it at to What We Accomplished Wednesdays. Have a lovely week!
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Deborah
Great tips.
ReplyDeleteI would love for you to link up this - and any other spring cleaning posts - at the Empty Your Archive link party. We have a special focus this week on spring cleaning, Alice @ Mums Make Lists x
Thank you. I will :)
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