Hi guys. Welcome back to my channel. In today's video, I'm going to be sharing with my morning
cleaning routine. It's been a whole year since I've shared this with you and it has definitely
changed a little bit because my kids are that little bit older. They now have some chores
that they also have to do, and they're definitely helping out more. I thought I would show you
what cleaning tasks I do on an average morning, as well as how and when I clean with the kids
running around in the morning, as well.
I hope that provides you with loads of cleaning motivation. If you're not subscribed, I would
love you to subscribe to my channel for more videos like this. It is totally free and I
would love to have you as viewer. So yes, without further ado, let's get into it.
When we come downstairs in the morning, the living area is quite clean because I like
to leave it this way as part of our evening routine. I will link in the description a
past evening routine if you want to see that fully. But first thing this morning, I am
going to put back the rug. This rug in the toy area does get really messy and I tend
to wash it quite often. You can just throw it into the laundry, which is amazing, so
I left it out to dry last night. I'm going to put that back. Normally, I would empty
the dishwasher first thing, but yesterday for some random reason, we ended up doing
two loads, so it's all out of sync.
Anyway, I'm going to make the kids some breakfast and while they're eating breakfast, I will
do something to do with the laundry, whether it's getting things out of the tumble dryer,
putting a load on, folding laundry, whatever it is, I always need to do laundry first thing
in the morning just to keep on top of all of it. This morning, I am taking some things
out of the dryer and then swapping a few things around, putting some things into the dryer,
but then I'm also going to put some things to dry outside, as well.
With that bit of laundry, because the kids are happily eating, I am going to go ahead
and fold it. Obviously if Jackson needed me, who is my toddler, I would obviously not do
this and just leave it for later, but they're pretty happy so I'm going to do that and then
have some breakfast with them. Then after breakfast, I'm going to clear away my plates
and Jackson's as well. Just going to clear off any food he didn't eat into the bin and
then put it into dishwasher, but for my plate, I'm going to wash it by hand because whenever
I have eggs or porridge, I just wash it immediately because I don't find it always comes off in
the dishwasher that well.
When it comes to the older boys, Fraser and Caleb, they have chores to do every morning
now. I did make a video about it, so I'll link that in the description if you want to
see that fully. But they just basically have to clear away their plates, make their beds,
and also make their snack for school. Today is Fraser is choosing popcorn and satsuma,
and then he's also going to make himself a really big drink to take. He gets so thirsty
because he plays football most of the time at school. But yeah, it's amazing how capable
they are now. If anyone is watching this and you've got a baby, and you are just doing
everything for them, in a few short years, they will be doing this kind of thing, putting
their stuff in the bin, making their own snacks, making their own beds. It's incredible how
capable they are. Fraser is eight and Caleb is five. That's his bed making which, you
know, isn't amazing, but it still, it's good that he's tried.
My youngest son Jackson, though, he's only two years old so he is still very clingy and
wants to be with me at all times, but I'm actually secretly really enjoying that. He's
my last baby, so I'm making the most of it. But anyway, I'm going to do my washing up
now. I keep my washing up liquid in an old Molton Brown hand pump and it works really
well. It only gives out a small amount and I love using it that way. But yeah, so I'm
going to put everything into the dishwasher. Jackson is being very quiet because he is
playing with sand, so I'm sure I'm going to have to clear this up soon, but it does really
keep him busy and I don't mind the mess because he does enjoy playing with it so much.
After breakfast, there are normally quite a few little bits of food underneath the boys'
bar stools where they sit, so I'm going to move those and just use my vacuum quickly.
I have the Dyson V8 and it's cordless and I just find it so handy for things like this.
Jackson is showing me some sand that he's got and I've just noticed that there are some
milk splashes on the side there, must be from the cereal. I'm just going to quickly wipe
that, wipe the chair that Jackson was sitting on, and then put them all back.
I've also just realized that I haven't actually brought the milk in this morning, yet. I should
really do this earlier, but I've only just remembered because Caleb really enjoys putting
it away, so he actually reminded me. He's going to help me put that into the fridge
and then I'm going to get on with still just clearing away, clearing away the dishes. I'm
also going to put away all of the dishes that have been drying on the side that I have washed
by hand. I always worry that this could affect the stone if I leave the wet dishes on the
side. I'm sure it would be fine, but just makes me nervous, so I'm going to put all
that away, and then wipe down all of the surfaces.
For the sink, I'm going to use something called Barkeeper's Friend. This is a bit like Cif
but for your kitchen. Because we have a white sink, I always feel like I can really see
any coffee stains or any food stains within it, so I'm going to give it a really good
scrub and wipe, as well, before tackling all of the kids' toys and the rest of our living
area.
For our dining table, I'm going to use a glass spray to clean it. I would love to know in
the comments what your favorite glass cleaner is. Lots of people have recommended Method
to me, but I can never find it in my supermarket, so I'd also to know where you actually buy
that because it's a little bit more pricey on Amazon.
But now, I'm going to just straighten out the kids area where they've been hanging out
and watching TV this morning. There's a few frames that need straightening, pillows that
need fluffing, et cetera. Then I'm also going to give it a quick Hoover. Crumbs and sand
and everything seem to get over here. I'm also going to straighten out Jackson's little
café. He still loves playing with this. I know it's a bit of an eyesore and there are
so many toys on it, but as long as he's using it, I'm happy to have it. Then I'm also going
to just clear away a few toys that have made it onto the side.
Once the kids are at school, I'm going to come home and make my bed. I've made a full
video on how I make and style my bed, including the fact that I like to air it out in the
morning. It's been airing since I woke up, and now it's time to make it. That looks so
much better. I love having a nice, made bed every day.
Then I'm going to do Jackson's because his the only one that hasn't been made and I'm
also going to put away his hundreds of books that he had out last night. Now, the laundry
is done, so I'm going to bring it out of the tumble dryer and just quickly fold all of
it, and then try and put it away.
Once the laundry has been put away, I'm also going to empty Jackson's bin and also our
main bathroom's bin because I've noticed that they are overflowing. Please tell me your
stairs also look like this. Although I have a stair basket, it can just get out of control
sometimes with pajamas, clothes, blankets, and laundry that needs to go upstairs. I'm
going to take the stair basket up and all of that and it is so much nicer now. I've
put it all away and now that I have the bathroom bin, I'm going to take out the kitchen bins
as well because they're pretty full with the recycling. I normally take it out, but then
keep that half full bag in the kitchen and fill that up throughout the day, as well.
Now I'm also going to just do a quick vacuum around. There's still a little bit of sand,
still some crumbs from breakfast, so I'm going to give that a quick tidy. The last task that
I really need to tackle is my desk. I don't know why, but it gets like this all the time.
I think because it's a nice surface that people can dump stuff on, including myself. I need
to just clear it away. It only takes minutes. I need to just really put it all back into
the drawers. I do need to do a full desk organization video to tackle this.
But yes, anyway, I think that's it. That's pretty clean, so now I'm going to go for a
run and do some work. I hope you enjoyed this video. Thank you so much, as always, for watching
and I will see you in my next one. Bye, guys!