Around this time of the year, for the past few years, I have made it a habit to go into the kids’ bedrooms and do a thorough cleaning. I take two garbage bags and the vacuum cleaner with me. In one bag I collect toys that are worthy of being donated. In the other I collect broken toys, toys whose mates are missing, papers, and random bits of this and that. The first bag goes in my car, so that I can donate the toys to an area shelter. The other bag goes out for the trash.
Yesterday evening I tackled Alyssa’s room first. That took the longest, because I had a huge pile of stuffed animals to weed through, and I needed to move her bed so that it would reside against the other wall, since it’s fall now and there’s a slight draft from her bedroom window. Then I moved on to Ryan’s room. His took almost as long, because I was on the lookout for anything he could possibly chew apart and eat. He’s got the whole Pica issue going on, so I made sure to remove foam-like toys, cheap plastic toys, and flash cards and books.
After I finished weeding out toys and trash, I organized both of the kids’ toy shelves. These things are great:
They’re also a pain because it’s easy to yank out any of the bins and dump the contents, which Ryan does at least once a day.
Anyway, with Alyssa’s birthday party one week away and Christmas ten weeks away, I’m happy to report that both rooms are thoroughly cleaned out!
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My name is Jenn, and I'm 27 years old. I'm happily married to my best friend and soulmate, Daniel. Together we have a six year old daughter named 
Name: Alyssa
Name: Ryan
