tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28764329.post4366896290399241998..comments2023-04-05T03:21:30.026-05:00Comments on And now for the rest of the story...: I'VE HAD IT!Becky Gustafsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590074918209912396noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28764329.post-15047790251657817402007-06-18T18:23:00.000-05:002007-06-18T18:23:00.000-05:00LOL....yes, I am laughing at you...and I am laughi...LOL....yes, I am laughing at you...and I am laughing b/c we are so much alike!!! My question, is how do you keep that play room looking as clean as it does in those pics with all those toys to pick up?? I think I purge toys monthly. Seriously...my kids hate me for it...they are constantly talking about one of their toys that went to the dump or something...(Clay does that....I could never really throw a toy away, but he will!) <BR/><BR/>Just recently...their toys were so bad....I went in and gathered up 5 trashbags full of toys. I organized them all out by type of toy....laid them all out in the floor, and gave each kid 30 pennies and told them they could buy back what was the most important. Noah didn't have any toys in that pile b/c he is good at cleaning his room....he still got the pennies though, and bought back all their Build A Bear stuff. <BR/><BR/>The stuff the girls ended up buying back wasn't even the stuff I expected them to get. Now, when they complain about their toys being gone...I just remind them that they chose not to get that. <BR/><BR/>Of course, these bags of toys were collected after begging and threatening and everything else to get them to clean....they flat out told me they didn't care about those toys. <BR/><BR/>I think kids get so overwhelmed by all the toys, and they just aren't special to them like they were to us.<BR/><BR/>Sorry for the long comment!!! Good luck, you will have to keep us updated on your new organizing method....I love to organize too!!Mom of these kidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05605360771922832135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28764329.post-81226240194909500952007-06-18T11:05:00.000-05:002007-06-18T11:05:00.000-05:00I feel your pain and am not as organized about it ...I feel your pain and am not as organized about it as I was when they were younger.Now there are 400 or so childrens books ~not~ stacked neatly on a bookshelf in the hallway,and three toyboxes mounded over twice their heighth with toys the kids dont play with.I wont even disclose the 4 gazillion stains I have on my carpets but just say"I HATE CARPETING" now.lol<BR/><BR/>I thought of this quote from a really great <A HREF="http://thegustafsons.blogspot.com/2007/01/beds.html" REL="nofollow">lady</A>:"Tonight, I started to refinish one set of bunk beds that were donated to us. I agonized at the paint color while I was in Walmart last night. Why am I worried about that? Look at what Zach is happy with! Do you think he's going to care that his mattress pad is a cotton/polyester blend or that what the thread count is on his sheets? Not likely. Do you think the girls will care who gets the floral sheets and who gets the butterfly sheets? Maybe."<BR/> <BR/>What a wonderful blessing,for them to have a mother who thinks of all these things for them....K.T. is Mommatudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05130828845169072102noreply@blogger.com