Hi, guys. Welcome back to my channel. In today's video, I'm going to be sharing with you my very
simple six step morning cleaning routine. So, these are just six things that I try to do every
morning before we leave, and by doing it, it just means that I stay on top of housework and that the
house is nice and clean and tidy once we leave for the day, and there's a few things happening,
like there's a load of laundry on let's say, so I hope you really enjoy this video. I hope
it gives you some inspiration. I've made so many morning and evening cleaning routines in the past
on this channel. So, I'll link a few down below. If you have younger children, you might find them
interesting because it has changed a little bit over the years, but this is our current morning
clean and I'm constantly making cleaning videos. So, if you're new to this channel and you like
this type of content, please consider subscribing. I'd love to have you, but with all that said,
let's get into today's clean. So, the first step in my morning clean is to empty the dishwasher
and I still do the same thing that I've always done, come down, put the kettle on, and then I
empty the dishwasher and I try to beat the kettle boiling. That's just how I do it and that's what
speeds me up, but part of having a good morning cleaning routine is also having quite a good
evening one. So, every night before bed, I put the dishwasher on. That's the last thing we do
every night, and then every morning first thing, it's the first thing that I do. I just empty it
and that just keeps us on top of dishes. And during the summer, when everyone was at home,
and we were all having our meals, sometimes I'd have to put the dishwasher on twice a day and I
felt like it really messed me up. It really messed up my routine.
So, it's quite nice that the kids are now back to school and we're back in our routine. So,
I'm just going to empty the dishwasher and see how many mugs I can fit into one hand,
and then once that's empty, I'll also put away any dishes that have been left out drying on the side
because after dinner, I tend to wash up things like pots and pans and a few other bits
by hand. So, I'll put them away, and then we also encourage our boys to put their dishes
from breakfast straight into the dishwasher. This is one of their chores and they're quite
used to doing it. So, here's Caleb putting his in and then our youngest son Jackson as well. He
needs a little bit of encouragement because when I was filming him this morning, this is actually
what he did, just chucked it into the sink. So, we need to work on that, but that is step
one. Now step two is to put on a load of laundry every single morning. This is how we do it and it
really helps me to stay on top of all the clothes, and if we ever don't have a full load one morning,
that is when I'll stick someone's bedsheets in or I'll grab the towels and tea towels and the
hand towels and just shove them in as well, but I find that having one load of laundry done every
day just makes us stay on top of everything. So, I tend to put it on in the morning first thing,
and then either hang it out to dry or stick it into the tumble dryer, then fold it and put it
away in the evening when I take the kids up to the bath and that's just how we've always done it.
So, that is step two, and then step three is to wipe down the surfaces. This literally
takes seconds, but there's often bits of Cheerios or toast on the side. So,
I like to just give that a quick wash and I was showing you that I'm using my favorite cloth.
This is the MariGold Squeaky Clean cloth and I just find that it doesn't leave any streaks
because actually having black countertops I find can be quite streaky sometimes,
but I'll run around our kitchen and I'll also quickly do the breakfast table because again,
sometimes there's little spills from the kids having breakfast, but that is step three.
And, step four is to make the bed and how we do it is when we wake up in the morning,
we pull the covers down to the bottom of the bed and open the window. This will help to air
out the room and air out the bed and just dry out everything, so that you hopefully have less
dust mites. It's really tempting when you wake up to just make the bed perfectly straight away,
but if you can leave it while you're getting ready and having breakfast and just let it air
out and then make it after that, that's actually a better way to have less dust mites. You can
also do things like wash your bed weekly, as I said, keep the room nice and dry and vacuum
often. All of those things help, so that's how we do it. So, I've just made our bed
and then it's the boys responsibility to make their own beds as well.
So, I've just run into Fraser's room to have a look and show you guys. So, this is his effort,
but I'm actually going to add on these little throw cushions quickly, but not bad at all,
and then I'm going to go into Jackson's bedroom to quickly make his bed. He hasn't done it at all
this morning. I really need to work on that. We're just back to school now, so we're getting into a
routine, but obviously it doesn't take a second and then Caleb has done a beautiful job, throw
cushions and everything. His room tour is nearly ready to show you guys. We're just waiting on a
few more things, so there'll be a room tour very soon, but anyway, now on to step five and that
is floors. I don't have to do this every morning. It's only if there are things on the floor.
So, often there's just a few crumbs, especially in the corners, Cheerios, cereal, stuff like that,
and then sometimes under the table as well. When the kids were very small, there was often loads of
food under the table, and I'd have to get down on my hands and knees and give everything a good wipe
or a good mop, but at the moment I just run around with this vacuum and I wanted to show you guys how
little time this takes me. So, I actually timed myself on doing the kitchen, the living room and
under the table, and as you can see, there was glitter all under the table because they
were crafting this morning, but vacuuming all of those spaces only took me three minutes and 26
seconds. So, if you have a spare five minutes, you can just quickly run around with a vacuum.
We vacuum as part of our evening routine as well. So, I really don't spend much time doing this,
but then equally if the floors are okay, it's not too bad, I will just leave this step if I
don't need to. And if I need to mop, I tend to do that as part of my cleans unless it's really,
really needed. And, then my final step is to clean the sinks, empty any dishes that are in
it and just give it a quick wipe. Sometimes this is worse than others, and if it's really bad, I'll
use a tiny bit of the pink stuff and this silicone glove because I feel like it makes it really quick
to just rub all over the sink and then wipe it all down. You can also do your bathroom sinks. I've
said before on this channel that what I do in the morning when I wash my face is I rinse it off with
one side of my washcloth, and then I wipe over the sink with the other side of the washcloth.
And, some people love that, some people hated it, but that is what I do because I just feel like it
just gets any dust off of the bathroom sink as well, and I like to leave the kitchen sink nice
and clean, but that is literally it. That's all we do in the morning, but now it's all nice and clean
and I try to do this before the school run, but if I don't, then I don't beat myself up and I'll just
do it when I get home, but that is our house all nice and clean. So, I hope you enjoyed this video.
Thank you so much for watching and I'll see you in my next one. Bye, guys.