Magic Hour

Saturday's in our house are ususally chaotic, we catch up on the washing, complete homework with Jacob, do the food shopping, have a huge clear up whilst the kids pull it all out again behind us and then end up on the sofa at the end of the evening with more mess than was there earlier that day.

Ash went out last night with the boys, but stopped to do the food shop on the way home from work which was brilliant and meant it was quicker than us all going and having to stop for nappy changes and to look at books and magazines.

This morning I woke up, threw a load of washing in the machine then prepared breakfast and sat around the table with the children. When that was over they went to have a play in the living room leaving me to clean the dishes and wipe down counter tops and hoover the dining room. I ironed the bedding and changed our bed then headed back down to put the washing out on the line - so windy, perfect for quick drying and the hastily put another load in.

The bathroom had a quick wipe around and floors mopped and by 9am the housework was done, all in an hour with no stress. Leaving the next 3 hours for playtime before I head to work.

Im hoping by keeping on top of my little daily routines I have going, that by the end of the month the whole of the home will have been deep cleaned, de-cluttered and organized. It really is amazing how a quick hour burst can totally transform a home :-) and leave plenty of time to hang out with these guys.