Another action step

Since I had my first (unexpected) snow day today, I took the opportunity to work some more on my organization.

The girls were only on a 2 hour delay today so I ran the morning routine. What a mess! They couldn't find pants, or shirts, or sweatshirts. It was horrible, and I couldn't understand why Ray let it be that way. So, after putting them on the bus, I marched right up to their rooms.

I knew they were messy, but it wasn't until I started digging in that I realized how messy they were. Recently, Ray has been having them put away their own clothes. The problem with that is that he just lays their clothes, unfolded, in big heaps on Hannah's bed. They then have to sort their clothes out, supposedly fold them, and put them away.

Here's Emily's definition of putting her clothes away (the first picture is today's POTD):

This last picture is stuff I pulled from her closet.

Hannah's room wasn't much better (but I didn't think to take a before picture of her room). Three hours later and 3 loads of laundry later I had this:

So much better!!!! (They even have clean, organized closets)

I really wanted to be grading papers. With more snow expected on Wednesday night into Thursday, I wanted to have most of my grading done so I can enjoy that day with the girls. But, a messy environment and daily routines that don't run smoothly sap my energy, so cleaning it was.

I will get some grading done here soon, but it feels like a little bit of weight lifted off my shoulders to have their rooms clean and organized. Now, to figure out how to help them keep them that way! ;-)