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For the last two weeks, you loyal tacklers have been sharing your tips with us about how to make your morning routine easier.
Today, I wanted to highlight some of your fantastic tips.
Thanks so much to all of you for sharing your great ideas!
Rachel’s Tip:
The best thing for us is to make sure sure that our kitchen and living room are completely clean the night before. If I don’t have to worry about doing any cleaning in the morning — if breakfast dishes are already clean and ready — etc., I can focus on getting kids ready/fed without worrying about straightening up before we leave.
MageeMommy’s Tip:
Almost every morning, I make my bed and at some point take 5 minutes to brush my hair and put on makeup or whatever will make me feel fresh and girly. This is some of the best advice ever given to me and it makes me feel like I’ve accomplished something early so gives me encouragement to keep going throughout the day.
Terez’s Tip:
With a 2-year-old, I know that she thrives on routine. So, we prepare for every day by doing the same general things – wash her face, brush her teeth, dress her, do her hair, eat breakfast. But sometimes, she isn’t in the best of moods in the mornings and neither am I. So, to minimize morning madness and calm tensions, I read her a small portion of the Bible after breakfast every day. It seems to get us in the right frame of mind for the busy day ahead of us.
Michelle McGee’s Tip:
I clean the kitchen up the night before, prep lunches, and lay out all the breakfast things – cereal, bowl, spoon, cup. I also set my alarm to go off 30 minutes before I need to get up because I am notorious for hitting snooze way too many times. I have my kids lay out clothes the night before and I do the same.
Tanya Peila’s Tip:
We do several things to make our mornings easier. One , clothes are ALWAYS set out the night before including shoes and backpack. My 5-year old gets up with an alarm 15 minutes before me and if he is dressed and ready to go he gets to watch TV or play a game while I get ready. Now I don’t have to feed mine on weekdays because of daycare but when I did I would put a mug with milk in the fridge and a cup of cereal and once he was dressed he could get it out of the fridge and pour the cereal in the milk and eat himself without my help.
Shannon’s Tip:
We have a “no new ideas” rule. The cut off time is 8:30. Once the clock rolls over to “8″ “3″ “0″ my boys have to live with their outfits, consider bellies full, and commit to their show and tell choices. We find indecision (a better ways to tackle a problem that didn’t really exist) slows us down and adds stress.
New ideas are greeted with a smile at other times of day.
Lexi’s Tip:
My key to mornings is to do EVERYTHING the night before. Lunches, clothes, bookbags (why doesn’t the school call them backpacks? My kid was SO confused), etc.
I also pre-pack lunches for the week on Sunday….5 little baggies of carrots in the fridge drawer, 5 little baggies of pretzels or snacks in the cupboard, etc etc etc, so that when I’m packing a lunch I can sweep through the kitchen and dump components into a lunch bag and be done.
Debra B says
Sweet thank you!! Just replied to your email 🙂
okaat says
cool i won…thanks
Jeannine M says
P.S. It was my birthday yesterday….it’s kind of like a bday gift! 🙂
Jeannine M says
Thank you, thank you, thank you…..I can’t wait to receive the gift basket! I love Scrubbing Bubbles; it’s my favourite bathroom cleaner.
Jeannette says
Here is my Tackle it post. Mr. Linky isn’t working for me.
http://goodmorninbeautiful.blogspot.com/2010/04/tackle-it-tuesday-april-5-2010.html
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Rachel says
That sink looks BEAUTIFUL!
So excited to have WON!
rc says
Looks nice and clean now!
Angelica says
Congrats to al the winners! I wish I had some energy to tackle something, but I am tackling sickness! yuck!
MageeMommy says
wahoo! Thanks for including my tip. My mom and friend Carolyn gave me those tips and 2 years later with another little one on the way I’m still happy to follow this advice and get my day started in a great direction. Thanks again for posting this tip! Hope it helps other Mommys!
Deb - Mom of 3 Girls says
Great job on the bathroom! I’ll be trying this out to review soon too, and can’t wait to see my bathroom sparkle. 🙂
Cascia says
Your sink looks great! I enjoyed reading the tips from your readers. Mornings at my house are so disorganized and hectic. I think I could use some advice! Have a terrific Tuesday.
Susie's Homemade says
Nice shiny tackle:-)
Bonnie says
I won! I’m very excited to try this product out.
Great tips from other bloggers as well.
DENISE says
I found you through BlogFrog and adore your site! I especially love this feature and hope you continue it! With a full time job, a family, a blog (this also seems like a full time job!) and everything else, I need all the help I can get! I have added your blog to my google reader and am following so I can catch this, and all your other wonderful features!