Organize ME!!! (again)

I am a lover of organizing and labeling and sorting and everything having a "place". One of my favorite areas of a store is the office section because of all the envelopes, labels, papers, bins, baskets, hole punchers...you get the idea. Why? I have no idea! But I'm always looking for ways to keep things organized - they say your house is a reflection of you...I'm sure I'm attempting to keep things just a step away from chaos both in my head and in my house! Ha!

Do you remember this post where Oliver and I re-organized our Lubbock kitchen? Well, it had to happen again I suppose, just here in our current home...

Here is the view upon opening the pantry:

 HEAVEN!

And as you peer around the corner:

Oh yeah baby!

 Plastic bins with handles at Big Lots for $2.50 a piece, and, wait for it, LABELS on the handles!

I love it!

Nich is terrified of it, hahahaha!!

I can find everything SO much EASIER it's laughable! Now I need to find another project...lots to choose from in this house, let me tell ya!

Art Projects

Over the past few weeks we've been having fun with color! Oliver got this cool bird feeder for his birthday and painted it himself, and Nich finally had the chance to hang it up this weekend!

Printmaking with Tempera Paint and a cookie sheet (and fingers...maybe the best part!)

And Ian with ketchup and mustard!

And Oliver really getting into it! (He ended up with brown paint all the way up his arms, shoulders and onto his neck...definitely needed a bath after that one!)

The results! (The top left two are Ian's masterpieces)

And what happens when you mix colored vinegar with baking soda? Fizzle-y craters!! He seriously did this for a good hour, and then we dumped the cups of vinegar in for a huge foamy fizz!

And Ian can climb! This is what he does in his down time. Here, and the fireplace, and the rocking horse, and today on the bars on the playground...just about gave me a heart attack to see him 4 feet up on just bars with 24" spaces between them! Teach ME to help Oliver across monkey bars while Ian's fiddling around on the playground, sheesh! :D