Winter Clothes Organization

Winter is here yet again.  Every year it's a challenge trying to keep all of the winter clothes from taking over our entire house.  I'm trying some new things this year that will hopefully help to keep everything organized.

 Everyone's snow boots are now upstairs.  In the past all of our boots would be kept downstairs, but our wood burning stove is upstairs which means our basement is significantly cooler freezing cold. This meant no one's boots would dry before they were needed again....not fun! As long as this crew can remember to bring their boots upstairs (or just come inside upstairs) then I have high hopes for this to work!

All winter coats (plus snowpants for Marci on down) are in the closet downstairs. Each of the big kids has one nice winter coat and the little ones have two complete coat/snowpant sets.  They tend to get much more wet and it's not practical to use the dryer mid-day to dry snowclothes (it's usually being used for laundry), hence the extra set.   

Extra hats, gloves, mittens, and scarves are kept on the shelf in the closet.

 Each kid (except Ephraem) has a pocket (Isabella at the bottom and Aidan at top) with hats, waterproof gloves/mittens for being in the snow, and car gloves/mittens for...well...the car.  The younger crew has two sets of each because they lose them or leave them in the car.

Snowpants, scarves, and Stormy Kromers on the hooks.

 In the interest of car seat safety for the winter both Bella and Ephraem wear these in the car.  They are made of a thin fleece material that keeps them warm and allows for their carseats to be tight enough to keep them safe!  All other kids are either in boosters or regular seats (or driving!!!) and wear their winter coats. 

As I type this the wind is howling outside and our first major snow is said to be on it's way. I'm excited to give our new organizational plan a try!  

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