The most wonderful time of the year has passed, but there’s all that joyful stuff, staring you in the face. Make packing it all up a snap, with a few extra tips and tools.

The internet is full of advice for keeping a tidier home. But does any of that advice land when you have a small child following you around, undoing the tidying you’ve just done? Or when your only time to clean is the 15 minutes between when the kids are finally asleep and when you pass out from exhaustion? Read on to find out which advice has worked for our family.