How to decide what to pack and what to store while renovating

I got some good advice on this topic from family and friends. Here is what we did right:
- We packed most of the boxes ourselves, labeling each and keeping a record of each box
- We used movers to pack the unweildy mirrors and items that require specialized packaging
- Most importantly, we packed each box into three categories:

1. Store in garage (nothing worth stealing, nothing we needed while gone, nothing that couldn't stand temperature changes - e.g. books, pictures, mirrors, etc)
2. Store in rental basement
3. Unpack at rental (with room label)

- We used the movers also to help us move into the rental which saved a ton of broken backs

Here's what we did wrong - please learn from our mistakes :)

- Didn't organize by seasons so now we have to scrounge in boxes for winter gear not totally sure where the few we need are

- Didn't use a mover based on personal referral. We chose the one that seemed the most organized which ended up trying to charge us a bunch extra on moving day - argh.

- We let the movers pack the kitchen - big mistake! We ended up with boxes full of knives that were barely wrapped under plastic bowls they wrapped 5x!

- Didn't plan how to do all the moving and unpacking with the little ones. Our wonderful nanny ended up taking the girls for one day to her house and we dropped Fezzie off at doggie day care, but we really should have done this three days in a row and gotten it all handled. We still find ourselves dealing with half-unpacked boxes since we never really had the time to do it without little ones around.

Here's hoping we do better on the move back (hopefully in a few months) :)