Organizing Thursday: Journey Toy Organizer
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The avalanche of toys is coming — tame the chaos with this simple toy organizer.
This shelf has angled bins so kids can find what they want to (hopefully) clean up after themselves. There are nine bins (six smaller ones and three larger ones) that you can rearrange to suit your needs. Each shelf can hold up to 20 pounds, and the top shelf is perfect for books.
I especially like the simple finish that will work throughout the house long after the kids have outgrown Santa.
This toy organizer with shelf is under $75 at Amazon.
P.S. Merry Christmas to those who celebrate!
Sales of note for 12.10
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Beauty deals on skincare (ends 12/14) including La Mer, Kate Somerville, Dior, Sunday Riley, Dyson, and gift sets — the deals include reader favorite lip balms Dior Addict, NARS Afterglow, and Clinique’s Black Honey, as well as Too Faced mascara and Sunday Riley’s Good Genes.
- Ann Taylor – 40% off your purchase, up to 50% off outerwear
- Banana Republic Factory – 50-70% off everything + extra 20% off
- Eloquii – Extra 50% off all sale + extra 25% off 2+ items
- J.Crew – Up to 60% off everything, with 40% off their newest styles
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off everything + extra 25% off when you buy 3+ styles
- Macy’s – 15% off beauty, including Tarte, Clinique, Dior and gift sets
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off, plus free shipping on everything (and 20% off your first order)
- Talbots – 50% off everything + extra 25% off when you buy 3+ styles
How much of a raise did you give your nanny when you had a second child? We are expecting our second in January. Nanny works 8:30-6 PM. The oldest is 3.5 and is in school until 12:30 PM every day. (Right now the nanny runs errands and does light housework for us for the first part of the day, but once the baby arrives she’ll be helping with him.)
We pay our nanny hourly, on books, time and a half for overtime, 2 weeks paid vacation. Should we be doing a flat hourly raise, or do we pay more for the hours when she’d have both kids (only half the day right now, and less than that in the fall when the oldest will be in school or extended day enrichment until 4 every day)? How have others handled that?
Low stakes question – anyone taken elementary aged kids to Cophenhagen and have advice on what to do? We’ll be there over a long weekend in March with a 6yo and a 8yo.
I’m ISO some advice on a Disney trip for just me and my 3 year old. Husband is not a Disney person and will gladly stay home with our baby so I’m trying to plan a 3 day trip or less with just me and my son. I’ve been in touch with a planner and she priced out contemporary and it’s $4K just hotel and park tickets and I’m having sticker shock! I dragged my husband to the parks a few years ago and we stayed off property and just Ubered and it was perfect so I’m having trouble deciding if it’s truly necessary to stay on property and on the monorail? Appreciate any other hotel recommendations. Honestly I’m not thrilled about taking buses and waiting endlessly to get around either but perhaps I need to just pay up or wait for buses.
Advice please? I’m in my second trimester, and having some trouble sleeping – particularly waking up in the middle of the night and not being able to fall back asleep for long stretches/hours. I fall asleep fine. And, I’m usually a very sound sleeper. Any tips? Obviously with pregnancy most sleep aid type things are off the table. This is my 3rd pregnancy, and I don’t remember having this issue in prior pregnancies until the very end.
This is kind of a follow up to yesterday’s brief discussion as to whether Santa, red/green, trees, ornaments etc signify Christmas. I realize this has been going on forever and that majority of the people in this country celebrate Christmas (myself included), but our society in recent years has focused a lot on being inclusive- using inclusive language, making sure different races are represented etc but why doesn’t that extend to religion/religious related ethnicities? I was at my kid’s school for a party this week and it was ‘wear your holiday sweater day’ and almost all of the kids and teachers were in red/green with typical Christmas stuff on their shirts, there were a handful of kids in blue for Hanukkah who stuck out like a sore thumb and some kids not dressed up for the day bc they forgot or perhaps sweaters for their holiday don’t exist. My daughter’s bestie this year is Jewish and so my daughter is actually the one who commented on this to me. But it got me thinking that really none of this belongs in public schools and it just seems like a whole category of diversity is being ignored. Thoughts?
What’s your script when your kid comes home and tells you about a classmate’s bad behavior? My kindergartner has been telling me every day about a classmate who calls other kids “babyish”, including an incident where he made fun of a girl on her birthday for her birthday book (every kid gets to bring in a book on their birthday). I want to make clear that the classmate’s behavior is unkind, but without badmouthing the classmate or labeling him a bad kid. What’s the best way to communicate this in a way that a 5yo can understand?
Great pick. I love the shelf on top! Unfortunately it looks like the link is broken or Staples sold out. Walmart has a similar product though.