Hosting Thanksgiving or Christmas this year? These 5 small things helped me feel ahead instead of overwhelmed especially with 3 little ones and TWO Christmas week birthdays in our home. 🎁🎄 We do have a cleaner who comes for a deep clean once a week (a true blessing), but the organization and decluttering…that’s still on me and when toys and clutter start piling up, the overwhelming feeling hits so much faster! The holidays + birthday season colliding is beautiful but it can easily feel like too much. So instead of trying to deep clean everything, I focus on what makes the biggest difference: ✨ clearing visual clutter first ✨ organizing the spaces we use most ✨ prepping one guest area early ✨ chopping + freezing ahead ✨ setting the cozy mood now, not later Handling these before the busy week starts makes our home easier to navigate and makes space for the magic to actually be felt. 🤎 Hope this helps! 😌