Nashville has been quite an exciting place the last few days. Snow, snow, and more snow! No school! No bread or milk available in ANY grocery stores! I have taken Kate and Eli out in it about 4 times now... Kate has slept through every experience, and I have bundled Eli up so much each time that he can barely move. Next year I am buying everyone snowsuits so we can actually play in the snow!
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| Eli and the snowman that the college students made in the Square |
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| Sledding. Sam soon dumped Eli from the basket, which resulted in Eli screaming, "All done!" |
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| Looking a little rough after the sled crash! |
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| Sledding with his best bud, Bear |
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| Getting a pic with a snowman |
So, today's challenge was about the toys... The unbelievable amount of toys... The piles and piles of toys that have overtaken our lives... Forgot to take before pics, but just trust me that I thought my husband was about to box them all up and give them to Goodwill if I did not get them organized. I put him to work moving furniture as soon as he got home tonight in order to make better use of our tiny space.
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| Books, organized. |
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| Haha, I think someone was hoping to make the blog. :) Seriously, though, toys are organized here. In the baskets toys are organized: balls, Mr. Potato Head, cars, and a "catch-all." |
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| Parenting books, musical toys, trucks, basket of balls... |
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| A big look at Eli's bedroom/playroom |
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| Blocks, little people, and boxes filled with trains and train track pieces... |
I feel SO organized right now! Eli's room is perfect with the exception of his drawers and the curtains... As you can see, I have some sewing to do, but I just plain ole don't wanna do it. Once this 21 day challenge is over, I am going to make myself finish the curtains!
I hope you are motivated to clean up your toy room. I don't know about you, but I found lots of toys that needed to be donated to Goodwill, college students going on a mission trip, or YES (Youth Encouragement Services). Wherever you like to make your donations, try to find a few things that your kids don't like to play with (or even better, teach them to give something away that they DO care about) that they can give to someone less fortunate than themselves.
Blessings! - KP
wow, his room looks awesome! and i love the picture of sam too! we had fun yesterday! the picture of the kids sledding and by the snowman is awesome! (pink gloves and all!)
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LOOKS GREAT!!! We just cleaned/organized our playroom, and I promise I wanted to drop dead 1/2 way through! We don't buy a lot of toys for our kids! Where did they get all that stuff!?!?!?!