Mome reads Mommy, My daughter's way to spell it when she was younger... It stuck. My son calls me Mome... just like it looks. I now sign all my notes to them "Love, Mome". It's our inside secret and makes them smile. I always want them to smile.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

I'm Doing It...and I Could Use Some Help

My kids have way too much stuff. They have more toys than they need and too many to enjoy what they have. I keep saying that I'm going to weed some out...but I never do. I'm tired of looking at the den after they've been in there playing with friends. They tend to just throw stuff around and play with nothing. I think they will enjoy having fewer things and actually being able to find what they are looking for.

Today I started. My plan is to have it done by the end of the month. The problem is all the stuff that needs to be put back together. A bag of 100 mega is empty and the blocks are all over the room in different bins. I started by collecting all the little pieces of toys they never play with, things that are broken, and the coveted Happy Meal toys that get more attention than anything with a higher price tag...I filled a large garbage bag and threw it out. There's plenty more to be tossed. I would like to get the re-usable toys with tons of parts, all put back together so we can donate them in December. I'm weeding out all the stuff to be thrown out. I will then enlist the help of the kids to decide what to keep and what to donate. I have my fingers crossed that they will let go of the baby (toddler) toys.

Anyone wanna come help?

3 comments:

  1. Good Luck on this one! As a Mom to two teenage boys, I still have to casually toss things when they are not around. I am enjoying your blog!

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  2. I recently did this because we were moving. My son (who is 9) had the greatest time picking stuff to be donated. We also have a friend in another state with a son a few years younger and a newborn on the way, so he got to choose what would be sent to them, and what would be donated. It was a great lesson for him and he really enjoyed knowing that his old toys were going to be used by someone else.

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  3. Good Luck on this one! As a Mom to two teenage boys, I still have to casually toss things when they are not around. I am enjoying your blog!

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