Clutter Bugs

Noah helped me "clean up" today...AKA get rid of clutter.  We were packing up old toys to take to Goodwill and had the same conversation that we have every time we decide to weed out toys.

Me:  Noah do you want this?
Noah:  No 'mam.
Me:  Well then please put it in the basket to give away.
Noah:  I can't.
Me:  Why not?
Noah:  This one is Daddy's toy!

AAAK!  Daddy has more toys in this house than all the other boys combined!

Yard Sale Prep

We are planning a multi-family yard sale this weekend so it is time to clean house and get rid of excess! Today Noah and I started on his toys. We went though everything one by one classifying it as either sell, toss, keep, or give to Jonah. I have no idea how we have accumulated so many toys. Before Noah was even born I said we were going to have a rule in the house that if you get one new toy, then you would have to get rid of one old one. In theory that sounds great, but it obviously is not the easiest rule to enforce. However, Noah is really into earning money and was very willing to part with toys to sell. As I would hold up toys one at a time, Noah would direct into which bin the toys were to be placed. We did come across one problem, many of the toys in the house are toys either from Joe's childhood or toys that Joe purchased in adulthood. About every third toy I would hold up Noah would say "I can't sell that one, that is Daddy's toy." I soon realized that I needed a bin labeled Daddy's toys! In the end we tossed a lot of junk, filled Jonah's toy bin with plenty of "new" toys, gathered a big box of toys to sell, left Noah with plenty of toys of his own, and kept all of Daddy's toys safe until the next time I get the urge to clean out!