I'm always on the lookout for good organizational tips and tricks for keeping this place running like a well-oiled machine.
As the Blossoms grow, it's getting harder and harder to tell their clothes apart when doing the wash. I find this confusing, especially when we're folding! I don't have time to hold up each article and say, "Who does this belong to?" Maybe you're laughing, but they all own at least a few pairs of black Adidas track pants... and everyone gets irritated if their pants disappear into the great abyss of someone else's dresser.
(which I read about in some random mom organizational book ages ago)
Blossom1 is the oldest. She gets 1 dot.
Blossom2 is 2 dots.
Blossom3 is 3 dots.
Blossom4 is the youngest and she gets 4 dots. So simple!
All you need is a Sharpie when you're folding. Find out who the item belongs to and mark the tag with the right amount of dots. The beauty is that as the girls grow and favorite items of clothing get handed down to smaller sisters, you just need to add the right amount of dots to keep the label current!
This works SO much better than initials! I don't label everything, but when we have lots of Adidas pants that are similar in a whole range of sizes, I bust out my Sharpie and get right down to dotting the tags!
Jeans that look similar...
Bible Quiz and Fine Arts team shirts that are all the same but different sizes belong to different Blossoms...
Junior sizing that is so inconsistent, no one can predict what item actually fits what Blossom...
whatever else I am confused about.
Just dot it!
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