It's Day 3....And we tackled the toys! Which was a little bit painful for Ava and Neely. They had lots of fun playing with the toys as we stacked them and they got lots of practice on their negotiation skills.
I have to admit, there were quite a few things that went immediately to the donate pile, only to be later removed because of a well thought out and brilliantly delivered case for keeping it. To quote Ava after one such victory, "Neely, at least we saved that one!"
We eliminated 2 gaming systems, 6 games, a Weeble tree-house, stuffed animals and much, much more. And in the process, we took time to organize the things that we were keeping.
So now we get a lot more enjoyment form the things that we have and we spend less time looking for "that pink Barbie shoe." I even parted with the crib bedding set that Neely used. (Can you believe it still looked like new!)
Stop back in tomorrow to see what we tackle next.
I have to admit, there were quite a few things that went immediately to the donate pile, only to be later removed because of a well thought out and brilliantly delivered case for keeping it. To quote Ava after one such victory, "Neely, at least we saved that one!"
We eliminated 2 gaming systems, 6 games, a Weeble tree-house, stuffed animals and much, much more. And in the process, we took time to organize the things that we were keeping.
So now we get a lot more enjoyment form the things that we have and we spend less time looking for "that pink Barbie shoe." I even parted with the crib bedding set that Neely used. (Can you believe it still looked like new!)
Stop back in tomorrow to see what we tackle next.