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SUMMER ROUTINE!

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Hello, good morning!

Welcome back to another blog with me! Hi I’m Kandis with Classy Classics By Kandis!

I am a stay-at-home mom with 4 kids 2 are classed as big kids and 2 are classed as little kids! All in the aged of 12 down to 2 years year old!

Our summer routine tends to look a little different time to time however, usually works out pretty close to the same!

The kicker with the summer vacations is my big kids go to their grandparents for a bit to the summer holidays, and so we tend to do more routine for just me and the littles!

The littles dont have much chores I have found that with my last two kids I’m not near as stricked on the littles with helping as I was when the older ones were!

So, I thought I would share our summer routine with how I have it set up for the day!

This will be more of a quick outline and if you would like more of a details routine give me a thumbs up and leave a comment and I would love to do one more detailed routine!

Like I was saying this one is going to be more for my outline through the day and what I tried to have outlined and needing to be done!

My day tends to start early lately as my youngest still feels he needs to be up at 6:30 am. During this time I try to enjoy some coffee depending on how whinny he wakes up, I came to try to sit down and just relax in the morning playing part of my games and checking Facebook, Snapchat, working on my blog stuff like that!

I will then sit down and work on my planner figure out what I’m trying to do for cooking, cleaning, possibly baking and other just day-to-day tasks.

Not all of my kids get up at the same time like by no means so breakfast usually consist of whoever’s up for the most part what they would like. I don’t always do big breakfast but, pre prepped breakfast can be really convenient.

After some lovely coffee time I will then get going on our morning. Usually, around 7:30 I will try to get dressed, wash up I use monat and my skin, I love it I have done a routine on my skin care that I will leave linked, I will also leave my monat shopping link for you to check out!

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A GOOD DAY STARTS WITH A GOOD MORNING ROUTINE!

I started using monat over a year ago and I do not plan on going back to normal shampoo conditioner or skincare it is really wonderful products and it’s changed my days.

After all of that I will usually try to start organizing my day I get going on my morning chores. I tend to try to do more of my tasks in the morning so, that we can try to get outside before lunch and after naps without having a complete disaster of a house.

During nap time, I will aim to try to do either work in the yard, then some cleaning that didn’t get done and it just may be easier without the toddlers! There are some days where I might just need to lay down and take a nap, I don’t always do the best with that though and I tend to sometimes feel bad about it even when I’m not supposed to.

Then, after nap we will usually get up have snack and head outside or find some toys depending on what the weather is like.

I will start thinking about supper if not start prepping it, tidy up outside or just fill in those couple hour gap with sometimes. Something usually needs to be done LOL. Seems like a mother’s job is never done does it.

After supper I will clean up the kitchen get the dishwasher going any dishes that needed to be hand washed done just the kitchen whites and tidied up.

I try to sweep at night but that doesn’t always happen depending on how everything is shaping up that night.

Around 7:30 or so is the toddler’s bath or shower time we will then get on pyjamas and finish tidying up the toys and maybe watch a little bit of a movie before you get me ready for bed.

Around 8:15 8:30 is bedtime snack followed by teeth, find their bottles get them filled up and ready for bed. I try to have the littles in bed right around 9 my four-year-old will tend to just play in his room well in his bed until he falls asleep. The youngest you just go to bed because it he’s going to get up at 6:30 in the morning then he can just go to bed LOL.

Then from 9 to 10 I will usually do another task that can get done whether it be some sort of a cleaning task or back into my garden to get a little more done. Then I will come in wash up, get on pyjamas and watch my Netflix until I either put myself to sleep or just passed out sitting up in bed this does happen more than what I would plan.

That is my summer routine in a nut shell, it keeps me busy I am trying to learn how to take a step back sit down maybe I smell a flower now and then and not just weed them continuously but, you do what you got to do for the stuff that you want I guess right.

I hope you enjoyed this blog or my summer routine do you have a summer routine?

Doesn’t change every day?

I have kind of kept my morning afternoon and evening routines to a degree as my cleaning routines I have become a very big routine and so they just kind of stayed for the most part in place.

I hope you have a wonderful summer oh, I hope you make wonderful family memories oh, and I hope to see you when mask supposably left here in Saskatchewan. If you want some more fun little more personal details of what I am doing in my days make sure you head over to one of my other social media pages and either on Facebook or on Instagram.

I do tend to go on Facebook more right now than I do Instagram I turn to friend in and out of Instagram.

I will of course though we’ve both links down below, head over to either one of them or both don’t forget to check out my monat page if you have any questions about any products do not hesitate to ask away. I love them and I know you will fall in love.

Until next week have a great day, a wonderful weekend and a productive week.

Bye for now.

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A LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY!

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Hi and good morning! Happy Monday! I can’t believe how fast the week went by! Maybe it’s the time of year, maybe it’s the busy spring vibes! Whatever it is I’m hoping it slows down during the summer months!

With being a full time mom of 4 kids, a wife and home maker, days can tend to blur together, some days seem to last FOREVER!

I am trying to enjoy what life is throwing my way and enjoy the stage that’s I am in!

The stage where there is toys everywhere, followed with crumbs, clothes and something sticky!

I have been finding myself with blocking more and more time out for walks around the yard, kicking the ball and of coarse yard clean up! Always something to clean lol!

Something that I have recently started doing is blocking out more but shorter “tidy times”! As I’ve been learning more on how long certain chores take it makes it easier to set certain chores to certain times!

Let me explain what I mean! If I have a 20 minute window to do something before something else is set up then I will try to do either 4…5 minute tasks or I will do a bigger 20-30 minute task!

This has made it a little easier for me to break up whatever is zone that I am working in for that week into smaller bits throughout the week instead of trying to do more than what I need to do in the zone!

I can sometimes I actually get more done in a week in a certain area if I break it into smaller bits throughout the whole week! Instead of working for say an hour each day in the zone, where are some tasks that I’m trying to do that day won’t take an hour and I could actually be spending the rest of that time doing something else instead of being in that zone!

I have a couple blogs about zone cleaning I will leave linked down below! I love Zone cleaning I have done it for years now and it’s just a really nice way to break up your house and break up your chores to stay on top of everything just a little easier!

When I happen to have a chore or a zone that I cannot do with the littles or as easy, I will then try to do my other quicker tasks and easier tasks while they are up, then I take nap time for a bigger chores!

This is another reason why learning time frames for tasks was a little important for me!

With doing it this way, it really made me see how quick I could get some of the stuff actually done! To try to learn to break it up into bits and pieces this is when I can go from doing a quick 10-15 minute clean too quick 30 minute house clean!

When I mean with this is that say I am vacuuming the upstairs stairs, and everything is going okay kids are still playing good. I can then maybe vacuum Mason’s room that’s another five minutes if it’s picked up already oh, maybe I’ll try to vacuum my room that is one of the quickest rooms to vacuum it doesn’t have carpet but I like getting into whatever corners I can. Maybe everything keeps going good and then I can just keep on going well all of a sudden just like that all of the vacuuming is done in less time then telling myself to tackle “the whole house”.

This is were my routines also come in nice! I find this helps me not worrying about doubling the chore either!

Take the evening routine! I find this one probably the most important one too keep!

I find myself not as ancy about chores that I know will be part of the routine! If I need to clean the kitchen, I will take more time tackling other deeper cleaning tasks instead of do basic chores that I know will happen anyways later! Just a different way to help with times and chores!

There is so many things happening with summer coming but, with getting little bit done here and there is a good way for this house to learn to break up the day, and chores to make room for outside life!

I have routine blogs that I will link! I change my routines lots in the year! Depending on the time of year depends on the routine! For the most part they keep the same idea some chores change but the timeline is what can really change of course!

I am learning it doesn’t matter what time of the day the floors get done, or when the sinks get shined! These tasks will be there until I find that 5 minutes to get them in, or wait till the routine time!

“Little by little, task by task, it will a get done”

I hope this helps in finding time for those tasks!

Waiting for supper? Fold some laundry, clean out that junk drawer while your there! A little goes along way!

I will link my Instagram and Facebook! There is always fun there, with daily day to day mom life!

Until next week

Have a great day, a wonderful weekend and a productive week!

Bye for now!

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FINDING MOTIVATION!

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Hi good morning!

Happy Monday! How was your week last week?

It has been busy in the household, getting spring cleaning done I’m trying to get my seeds as big and strong as I can for the garden, it can be really hard not to burn out before I even get out of bed!

Do you ever have the problems with just not having motivation?

I find if I don’t do certain things in the day I definitely lose motivation quicker than other days!

I thought I would share some ways that I try to find some extra motivation on days that I don’t want motivation!

There are definitely a couple tips and tricks that I have found through the years that has helped me friend that motivation and get up off your butt and get something done.

One of the first things that I find is a nice motivation enhancer is getting up, making my bed, getting dressed and washed up!

This just helps me wake up and be able to enjoy my coffee a little more!

When I have lack of motivation and fine just doing some of my basic housework tends to wake me up a little more to try to get some bigger tasks done.

No matter what our daily tasks that need to be done, these are all put into routines of mine and are almost not even chores anymore.

Looking for extra motivation I will clear the counters, clean up the sink, sweep the floor don’t forget to wipe that table.

These are all little things that I find make a big difference and how the house looks, and so then when I am lacking energy to do a bigger task to see the end result of just these little daily tasks and how much it makes a difference definitely it will give me extra motivation to do a bigger task that I don’t want to do! Knowing that it’s going to just be done then and it’s going to be so satisfying when it is done!

I needed to realize that I didn’t need to be on my hands and knees or polishing everything all the time, and this is where I have found some of my quick clean tools to be a lifesaver!

With this I love my environment cloths from norex all it takes is water and it disinfects the surface! With a little swish swoop and is all clean!

I will run my Robo around the house to pick up some crumbs while I am sweeping some corner, and then I still have a task being done without feeling bad about spending extra time on a bigger task!

I love breaking my tasks up into smaller chores, this will make it seem that is not as big of a task and it’s okay if it’s not going to get done in one day! I break my cleaning up into zones and so my fuller focus is on that zone of the week!

This way I can do the ceilings in the living room one week and maybe do the dusting in windows, and then the next time that my living room zone comes into play I know I don’t have to be washing walls and deep cleaning corners because maybe that was already done the last round in the zone!

I have to tell myself that not every room needs to be completely top-to-bottom scrubbed all the time oh, that’s silly like who would think that!

Another thing to try to find motivation is to not look for it all the time, there is nothing wrong with sitting down having a cup of coffee putting your feet up oh, maybe just watching the show! I know for me that when I sit down I seem to think I sat a lot longer than what I did and then I find a little extra motivation to get up and going on that task!

Don’t over do it in one day, you don’t need to do a hundred tasks plus your daily tasks, there are some days where all I will do is my basics and then maybe the next day I will do twice as much deep cleaning as what I was going to!

The kicker with the dust and dirt is unfortunately it’ll be there when you get to it. I have been waiting for little fairies to come and clean my house at night for years I have looked in every corner of my house looking for the easy Button, I can’t find it!

My point to the blog is it’s not always easy to find motivation, but there are things that you can do to help find that motivation!

So, if you’re feeling a little slugging get up off that couch and go make your bed, throw a load of laundry in and get those dishes put away!

Right there you will feel so much better, you will look around and find your motivation to get that nagging tasks done that you didn’t want too.

However, remember most big gross tasks once you get it done it’s done!

I hope this is help you find a little motivation the other days, let’s get our houses ready for summer and get ready to bust out start cleaning our yards LOL!

Make sure you follow my social media Pages for more day- day fun and some tips and tricks!

I will have them linked down below. Until next week I hope you have a wonderful day, a fun weekend in the productive week.

Bye for now!

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SPRING FAVORITES!

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Hi, good morning! I’m glad you are here for another blog! I am too excited for spring to “actually” get here! With spring comes for fun, more outside more dirt and grim!

I thought I would use this week to show you some of my favorite spring go to things! As a busy mom of 4 Kids oh, there is always something happening, there is always mud being tracked in, one kid wants to do this one kid wants to do that!

This would all be fine except for my last two kids are still a little young! With being 4 and 2 years old they can’t quite just go and play yet unsupervised!

And so when I need to split up and conquer there are definitely some cool go to things that I have really became dependant on this time of the year! I absolutely love spring we get to bust of the house we get to go and play in puddles we get to just not be in the house 24/7, but with that comes even more!

It can sometimes be easier just to stay in the house get your stuff done have your routines and continue on with your Merry way!

However, this is not reality and the kids need to be outside once in awhile out of my hair!

So how do you balance play time and my time!

How do you get all of your stuff done, when there’s just a bigger mess being tracked in!

I definitely have a couple go to spring cleaning and organizing tricks that I would be helpful for anybody who enjoys playing in springtime!

The first thing that I have considered a necessary tool for the house, is having a spot for all of the kids has messy muddy stop to come in between play times!

Another thing that I find of an important is having a quick go to way to get some of that dirt off the floor before it gets tracked all over the entire house!

With this I have really come to love Robo vacuum and my Swiffer Sweeper!

These items are awesome because the robo vacuum I will set up an vacuum my house as we are outside playing, and like Swiffer Sweeper I love because I can just do a really really quick sweep and it will collect all of that dirt and it won’t get scattered as quick for the house!

Another thing that I I am obsessed over right now is the Norwex dusting mitt, and the dusting set!

These are wonderful the dusting that you can just put it on your hand walk around and just everything as fast as what you think, and as for the cleaning cloth set I love this to because all you need is water and I can follow along with my window cloth to do a streak free shine on the Windows!

This makes it great because I can dust top to bottom with two cloth and just walk out the door when done! There is no harsh chemicals and there is no leftover streets because you were only using water!

I recently bought a spin mop also and it’s great! I line that my floors are not streaky and very little water is left on the floors! It hold on to crumbs and works nice for us! I use just a vintage and water mix!

I also have a small bissell vacuum that can be used also as a hand vacuum! This is nice because it’s not big and heavy! This makes doing small areas or even the stairs so much easier!

When it comes to me getting spring ready I have to say I’m trying to get more me time in!

When I feel my hair needs a little extra care, I like going to some of my Monat products! I love the replenish hair masqueon days that my hairs is really need some extra love and hydration!

I also love the berry exfoliating scrub! This really helps break all the grime and dirt on my face and it takes 5 minutes that is it, it’s truly a great thing! There’s a new thing out with Monat that is the scalp scrub, then I think is very exciting because we can forger that we need a spring cleaning too!

These are definitely a handful of my favourite products right now! I definitely have a couple other cleaning tools that I am in love with, but I’m not using on necessarily a daily base!

If you want to see more of my cleaning tools, or my cleaning tips and tricks make sure check out some of the other social media pages.

I tried to do more day-to-day post on there with all sorts of mom fun! I will leave the pages linked down below!

I will also leave a link for lunate if you would like to check it out there is a quiz that you can do to see what is going to be an awesome match for you!

Until next week an amazing day, a wonderful weekend and a productive week!

Bye for now!

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POWER HOUR!

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Hi good morning, welcome back to Classy Classics By Kandis!

How are you this week?

I thought I would come on for this week and talk about the power of good Power Hour! It has been getting so much nicer here, the sun is shining the snow is melting and the mud is coming out!

I love this time of year because I get to bust out of her house right away, it’s been a long winter here with the littles it’s always longer tho right!

But, I thought that this week would be a good week to talk about just trying to get a good Power Hour in when you’re busy through the day! It can be hard because stay at home mom it feels like I should just be cleaning all the time! But, then in reality at the end of the day for me point of doing a whole bunch of cleaning right before we come stomping into the house from playing outside!

So, let’s talk about routine I’ve been trying to get into to keep my house okay while we are outside playing in the puddles!

How much do you think you can get them in an hour? I can get most of my basic’s done if I really pushed hard for an hour!

So, this last week what I have been trying to enjoy doing as we will get whatever organizing done first thing in the morning, get the house picked up, lunch figure it out hopefully something really easy and then we usually try to go outside for an hour before lunch!

Now this seems fine and it is we have been doing this two if not three times in a day! It doesn’t get dark here until right around 8 p.m. now which makes it really nice to try to have more outside time!

So, for my typical Power Hour I will have stuff at the door for us when we come in, everybody’s stuff that gets hung up or into the dryer dependant, and then we come in and get going!

I find as long as I have most of my deep cleaning and stuff done then my Power Hour I can usually get the housewipe down the dishes done the floors swept and spot mopped!

I recently got some new cleaning stuff and I’m hoping we’ll keep my house tidy faster and longer so, we’ll see!

What kind of quick and easy cleaning products do you guys have, I don’t need for Solutions because I make my own with vinegar but I mean for speed cleaning?

I recently just got the Swiffer vac, and actually got a new steam mop! I am so excited over the steam mop and I’m hoping that it makes it easier to keep the house cleaner!

So I’m trying to make it so that lately I’m not cleaning all day got the basic cleaning I’m trying to focus on some major decluttering and deep cleaning!

What do you try to do when you have power hour to get your house done?

Have you ever done a power hour?

They are literally one of the best time saving house keeping waves of a busy mom! I’m trying to be less busy and being more there for my children for the play and fun, but, why do they need to eat so much!

However, there’s nothing better than waking up the next morning to a clean house and so this is where I strive to have my evening routine as strong as I can!

I will leave some links below from some blogs about some of the old routines, because, when in doubt follow a routine and you will have so much extra time!

Let me know if you do Power hours like dealing with block like! And of course if you want more fun, more days of day tips tricks, and of course cleaning motivation make sure you come and check out my other social media pages on Instagram and on Facebook I will of course leave the link down below!

Until next week have a great day, a wonderful weekend, and a productive week! Bye for now

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