| Christmas Day. The presents have all been | | | | over a year and you know that they would only play |
| unwrapped, taken out of their packages, played with to | | | | for it for a total of 5 minutes after rediscovering it. |
| the point of annoyance. You go to put them away in | | | | Pitch the little Happy Meal toys or other small, |
| your child's room and it hits you. Where the hell is all | | | | insignificant items that are just taking up space at the |
| this stuff going to go? It's quite a daunting task. Do I | | | | bottom of your toybox. They may seem cool at the |
| keep this? Pitch this? Donate this? Sell this? You are | | | | time, but if you kids are anything like mine, the novelty |
| not alone mama. | | | | wears off in about, oh, two days tops. Also look at the |
| First you'll need some tools. | | | | toys and see what would be good to donate/sell. If it's |
| * Totes are your best friend. They're relatively | | | | broken or defective, I'd recommend pitching. Also if |
| inexpensive and can be used over and over again. | | | | you're going through clothing as well, pitch any items |
| * I'd recommend labeling all your totes with what is in it | | | | that have holes, stains, or are just plain worn out. |
| and the date that you put those items in there. You | | | | Try and organize the old toys by age group. Label |
| can use sticker labels, pieces of paper and tape, | | | | your totes for easy access. If you're a garage sale girl, |
| whatever you've got handy. | | | | it will make thing so easy come spring when you set |
| * Get some good, heavy duty trash bags for those | | | | up shop. If you're a donater, the labeling will help the |
| odd shaped, broken items you may be pitching. | | | | charity out a bunch. If you have clothing, try and |
| Organizing your child's toys can be an emotional event. | | | | organize those by sizes and label those totes |
| I would recommend that you take the kiddos over to | | | | accordingly. |
| grandmas for an afternoon and clean. The last thing | | | | Now that you've done the dirty work, you can easily |
| you need when you're trying to organize is a child | | | | place your kiddos new stuff in their haven and all |
| whining over a toy that they haven't played with in | | | | involved are happy little clams. Enjoy! |