This is one of our favorite traditions. Every year around the first day of summer break, I swap out the backpacks and surprise them with some summer celebration mudroom decor! Out with the books and lunch boxes and in with some fresh (and inexpensive) summer toys. It’s always a surprise when I’m going to set […]

Currently having all the feelings about my kiddos heading back to school in just a handful of days, and, even though they technically only attend school away from home two days a week, the laidback summer vibes are slowing going by the wayside to be replaced with structure and routine. And those other three days […]

Hey friends! Ok.  You guys, I’m telling you…we MUST be better organized when the kids go back to school this year.  We are utilizing the hallway in our kids’ side of the house to create a mud room / hall tree / drop zone DIY, and my hope is that by positioning our hallway “mud […]