I had previously decided that I wanted this to be a productive summer. I suspect that I felt more strongly about this because now that we're homeschooling, this break time feels more important than summer break ever has before.
One of my goals for the summer has been to do some "spring" cleaning around the house. To start this goal, I have been decluttering around the house.
Surprisingly, I whipped through the kitchen. I got rid of some things (some to friends, some to Goodwill) and then reorganized the cabinets. WooHoo!
Then, I still felt really pumped to keep working on this task, so I decluttered in both our bedroom, and in the boys' closet (which is where all of their toys are). It was nice -- it was the first time I remember not having to secretly get rid of toys. The boys told me what they wanted to keep and what they just weren't interested in anymore. With their help, I did all of these rooms in just about two days.
But now, I'm trying to tackle Molly's room/toys. It's not fun. She is willingly parting with some things, but all for the strangest reasons. For example, she brought me some Fisher Price Little People whose hair styles she just didn't care for. Likewise, she gave me a F.P. animal whose expression she was suspicious of.
I did manage to work through some things in Molly's room, but it's pretty slow going. I guess I'll just have to count my blessings that I have made it through so much already, and I'll have to remember that we have a long summer ahead of us.
Do you have any big projects that you want to tackle this summer? Have you worked on them yet (or do you have a plan)?
This post is linked to Tackle it Tuesday
photo by Rosa Say
5 comments:
My only tackle for this summer is to survive it! It is my first summer with four children! I am constantly trying to organize which is such a big task. Check out my Tackle It Tuesday here.
I'm with Danielle...i have four children 6 and under!
I love Molly's issues with her fisher price...made me laugh..lol.
I cleaned out my twins rooms (3yrs) when they were not around but the little monkey's still notice if something is missing.
We homeschool through the summer too but my goal is to get our home school room/office more organized so we can get our lessons done more efficiently.
We are tackling the Office. It is the place everything is stashed when we have company. Our approach has been the oposite of getting our house ready for guest. We dumped everything (except furniture) into the living room. Next will be a good vacuum and cleaning the carpet. Then I'll go through all the stuff and find homes for everything.
I'd like to organize my scrap supplies. I hope to sell my excess and if that doesn't work, find a charity that accepts craft supplies.
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