So, brilliant me/DH decided to move in the dead of winter in Montana, a week after Christmas, with a 3 yo and a 6 mo. It's only across town, so I had grand plans of packing a box each day and moving it at my leisure, but throw in Christmas, and the fact that anything we take over there has to be taken all the way down to the basement because there isn't a floor in the rest of the house (the basement is separated from the rest of the house, so it's harder to move things up from the basement than you'd guess), and, well, yeah. So, we move January 2nd, which is also when most of our new furniture will be delivered. The new house is getting all new paint and new floor, so it's not practical to try to move things.

So, I need your best tips and tricks for an easy move. I'm trying to pack things I'm not planning to use for the next week, because presumably I can survive without them for awhile in the new house. I'm also trying to leave DS1's stuff mostly alone (he's getting all new furniture, so that's not too difficult) so he doesn't feel like he's in chaos for a full week. On the 1st, he'll be hanging out at a good friend's house, so we can focus on packing, and on the 2nd, he'll be with my parents, so the logistics of DS1 during the actual move aren't too bad.