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Claire Zulkey's avatar

This is more of a kid thing than a house thing but I have started reading to my boys before they get ready for bed.

I don't prefer bedtime because I'm tired and the kids get SO punchy and distracted and by the time it's actually time for lights out I kinda hate them--but I do want to read to them. So now instead of having them get clean/put on their pajamas/brush their teeth so they can cuddle in bed with me while we read (and I'm spent from them jumping around, doing pull ups, talking about b.s., milling around in a state of undress) I'm doing it on the couch while they're still in their school clothes, dirty, but at least I have more energy to read and then it's just the express lane from tooth brushing etc --> sleep.

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Jess's avatar

Storing Tupperware with the lids already on has changed my life. Takes up more space but eliminates the daily frustration of fishing around for the right lid to each container. Only exception we make is for takeout containers which get nested with all the tops together. Otherwise every single thing has its lid and if there’s no lid, it gets recycled.

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