This weekend, we were able to do a LOT of clean up at home here. Its certainly not all done, but we took a nice bite out of it.
As summer wore on, LD and Spoons were starting to outgrow their size of clothing. Being that they got SO dirty camping every weekend, and their clothes were getting perpetually butchered, I decided to ride the season out, even if their clothes were slightly ill-fitting, and then refresh their wardrobes when we were good and done at Kinasao.
With pulling out new clothes comes putting away old clothes, which is just as important but a lot less fun. There was much to pack up and go through. Some to donate, lots that were too stained to save, etc. It didn’t help that there were still floating piles of clothes from the lovely, albeit short span of time we had Sugar Beet with us. Those needed packing up as well. Also, Munchie Mix has clothes, but the clothes have no home because the designated spot for those particular clothes is still full of clothes from Peanut. And if that wasn’t enough, I still have two dresser drawers (that are not in a dresser) stacked on top of each other inside my closet, full of clothes from the Morsel!! Can you believe that?? Thats how far behind we are.
So. While there are still clothes in places that need to be dealt with, we took a HUGE chunk out of it. Dekker brought up a TON of tubs from the basement, and Laela and Rowan helped me sort the huge pile of clothes into sizes. Wavy and Solly kept the toddlers occupied. Brady refereed everything under the sun. We repacked the tubs and Dekker got them back downstairs, which was a huge feat. While that part was happening, I was going through the appropriate sized clothing tubs and pulling out what made sense for the right genders and sizes and seasons. Then they ALL went in the washer for a quick wash and dry, just to get them looking and smelling fresh again.
Today was the fun part. I sorted it all out and folded it, and took stock of what we have, what we need, and what wouldn’t hurt to keep an eye out for. One kids has LOTS. One kid needs a couple of things. One kids stuff is still too disorganized to full know 😅 But we’re on our way, and if the clothing in the house stayed in its current state now, we’d be totally fine. It is WAY better. I’m relieved.
I have my list of things to look for now, and I’m ready. Mark my words. All eight kids will soon be fully outfitted for the season.
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