Boys after piano recital yesterday morning. They are getting so big!!!
Phoebe and I had a great time yesterday cleaning out the boys toy room. We involved the boys in the parts that we thought were important for them, like cleaning through stuffed animals. However, their toys in bins needed to be sorted through as some was junk (old McDonalds toys) and others just needed to put together - Playmobile castles vs. Legos. They did help make some major decisions of toys they've outgrown - a Cars car track for preschool age children. We did come out with about 6 bags of trash. Thank goodness the trash went to the curb last night, as the bin was overflowing. I think the only thing we didn't do very well was thanking some of the items that were put in the trash for the service they did to us. I'm sure they did entertain the boys a bit before they were put to the side and piled up.
I am taking the things I was going to donate to Goodwill to the basement for now. I'm doing some research on selling them on eBay. Since I have some extra time on my hand, it might be nice to make a few dollars. I'm going to test a few items, not a lot at one time so I don't get overwhelmed with shipping things, and see how it goes. If it's a pain, I'll drop it and start donating things, but I know I need to focus on our finances and Gary Vaynerchuck always talks about selling your old stuff online to make some money, so why not!
I think all this cleaning out of stuff was good for Phoebe and for her to understand I'm serious about getting the house in order and decorated so we can enjoy living here. We also watched another episode of Tidying Up after the boys went to bed, but I think I'm going to see if I can get the boys to watch an episode with me today. I'll see what the next episode coming up is and if it would make sense to them, like if there is one with school age kids in it.
We have the day off school today and I plan to be productive. It's very windy and cold outside, so I'm going to stick to indoor projects for now. I just ordered some supplies to make some of the awards for Pinewood Derby that is on Saturday. This is a Cub Scout activity that happens once a year (we do the third weekend of January) where the Scouts make a wooden car that fits within certain parameters and they race them on an electronic track. We have awards for first, second and third place of speed races, but then we have other awards such as best paint job, most creative, etc. I'm making those awards out of spray painted spark plugs. I needed some black and white checkerboard ribbon to hang the award around the child's neck and I just ordered that on Amazon. That saved me some time on errands.
Now I'm off to finish the weekly house cleaning that didn't get done yesterday because we spent the day cleaning out the boys playroom. The laundry is caught up on, so maybe I'll throw in one load to keep up with it. I also want to spend some time looking at paperwork for scouts. I have some leader volunteer applications that I need to make sure I request them to send their clearances so we can submit them.
Hope everyone has a great day! Thank you so much for the comments over the last few days!!! Marcia, you have the right number on What'sApp. I've just been too stressed and disorganized with Tom gone to reply. I will do so today. It was so nice to hear your voice!!!
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