Mom Hack: Keeping Little Hands Clean!

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How are you, friends? It’s finally beginning to feel like spring around here for more than a fleeting moment. It has been such a dream watching the first green buds pop on the trees and the earliest spring flowers blossoming from the earth. Little purple and yellow crocuses are appearing in the lawns on our afternoon walks and I could not be more grateful for the color after another long, cold New Jersey winter.

Recently, we’ve even been able to get outside without coats a little bit and it’s been glorious. As the weather begins to warm up, so do we. We’re ready to be outside again, making memories, making magic, and — of course — making messes. After spending the whole winter indoors, I always forget just how quickly little hands and faces can go from sparkling to dirty, but that’s what it’s all about, isn’t it?

The days have steadily been getting a little bit warmer and a little bit longer, too. More sunshine means more time for adventures. Our days start off with a bang when I hear little feet running into my bedroom for good morning cuddles. From there, it’s breakfast, packing Roman’s lunch for school, and then shuffling him out the door for kindergarten drop-off. Marina and I are usually into some kind of arts & crafts for the morning, and then later in the day she settles down with lunch while I get some work done. When 3 o’clock rolls around, we’re back to the school to pick him up. After school finds us adventuring in the park or the backyard for awhile before dinner.

As you can tell, we stay on-the-go and, of course, there are a lot of messes scattered throughout, which is why I’ve always got something on hand to keep everything from little hands, to the kitchen counter, to Roman’s lunchbox, clean. (Or, let’s face it, clean for a few minutes, if I’m lucky.)

Speaking of clean, Brawny® paper towels were a staple in my home since I was a child. Now that I am a mother, I won’t settle for anything less in my own home. I simply do not have time to mess with paper towels that don’t get the job done. When it comes to cleaning up all of our messes each day, its Brawny® that keeps their little hands clean throughout all of our adventures, big and small.

We were recently introduced to the new Brawny® Tear-A-Square® paper towels, and they have been a game-changer! Each roll has multiple size sheets–full, half, and quarter sizes. This allows me to use just what I need, without the waste. The quarter-size sheets are a perfect napkin-size, which fit right into Roman’s lunchbox. For bigger messes, full sheets are a must-have. Tear-A-Square® gives us the strength of Brawny® with the flexibility to only use what we need. We’ll never go back to regular paper towels after this.

Life doesn’t come in one-size fits-all, and now your paper towels don’t have to either. No more guilt from using a full sheet or half sheet paper towel when only a quarter sheet is needed–Brawny® Tear-A-Square® paper towels are the perfect solution for us. Have you tried them yet?

I hope that you are enjoying these first beautiful weeks of spring (and messes!) as much as we are, sweet friends. Be sure to spend some time soaking it all in. There is so much magic in this time of year. Before we know it, the flowering trees will be in full blossom and you can be certain that we’ll be outside enjoying every minute of the splendor. xo