The Thanksgiving decorations are down and the holiday decor is going up. We have a big basement and so a few years back we invested in a few different color rubbermaid bins. Black and Orange for everything from Halloween to Thanksgiving - Green for Christmas - Purple for Easter - Blue for hand me downs or keepsake clothes. Inside of those tubs things aren’t so organized but at least we can quickly visually identify the holiday stuff. Another one of our regular contributors uses clear bins and labels them in her basement. That works great too but I sort of like not being able to see that everything is just tossed in the bucket. There is still a long way to go before our basement is totally beautiful and organized but it’s a start.

Theme for the season: slow down / keep it simple / focus on the magic for the kids.