Decluttering… again…

I am in back in one of those phases that all I see is stuff and all I think about is what I can get rid of. I would love to put the house up for sale in the near future and I can’t imagine showing a house that is so cluttered and paniic when I think of having to pack it all up…

Last week, I got rid of a big chest that was in the boys room and that had 9 years worth of accumulated “Little People”. With the boys help, we washed them all, dried them, put the sets together and then took a picture..

I figured a good price would be 100$ for the whole lot and put it up on a local Facebook page and within minutes it sold…


It felt so good to see it all leave the house the next day.

The week before I also sold our old toy kitchen for 20$…. not bad considering I had bought it used for 40$ 9 years ago and all the kids have played with it…

Now I want to get rid of more, with each thing that leaves the house I feel lighter, but there is still so much stuff.

I need a plan. I need a goal.

A few years ago I did a decluttering challenge… 30 days= 500 items. I finished the challenge without a problem. (wow, I just looked back and that was in Oct of 2006 when I was pregnant with Khéna!!)

It is time to do one again. I am not yet sure on how I am going to do it with December being the holidays and such, but I dont want to hold it off either. So I would love to get some ideas and once I figure out exactly how I am going to do this, if you want to join in I would love that too…

Five…

My Khéna is five… I can’t believe it!

he's five

It’s funny… the post I wrote last year could be the same post I write this year…

“His favourite food is Mayonaise with cheese.. he loves Sushi and Pizza, burgers and poutine. He won’t even try nut butters or citrus.

He love cars and trucks, and planes and helicopters an anything that has and engine. He still runs to the window each time the Garbage truck comes…”

The only thing is that he now likes citrus and has finally eaten peanut butter a handful of times… and he has added chicken and dumplings to his list of favourite foods…

My sweet boy

And he still loves anything and everything with an engine…

Still loves his trucks

“He is a charmer, he is sensitive, he is expressive, he is independant, he is handsome, he is funny, he is smart, he is cuddly , he is boisterous, and he is just happy…

He loves to blow kisses and give the biggest hugs…”

He still is… this is him, who he is… I don’t think he will ever change…

My sweet boy

I can’t believe that he is five… that it was 5 years ago that I gave birth to him just a few feet away from where I am sitting now, unassisted, in a warm pool of water in my living room.

What an amazing five years…

 

 

 

 

First snow..

It was short-lived but fun while it lasted…

Snow!!

The temperature at the moment is abnormally high and though it is very comfortable, I am looking forward to colder weather and more snow.. (after I have my snow tires on though…)

By this time of the year, when all of the trees have lost their leaves and grey and browns are the predominant colours, the world around here looks drab and uninviting, so when the first snow falls it is like a fresh sheet on an old mattress. It is fresh and inviting and we can’t wait to get out and enjoy it…

It also gets the kids out for hours and hours with so many things to accomplish..

First Snowman...

Wilhelmina…

is completely healthy and growing like a weed…

Getting so big

Though it is amazing how fast children recover from sickness and surgery, It took a few weeks for her to get back to normal. Now she is not only back to normal but she is way better than she has been in months.

silly face

She repeats everything we say and is stringing sentences together..

This morning she woke up, shrugged her shoulders with her palms up in the air and said “Where is Daddy” so I said he was at work… so she said “ohh” in a sad voice and then widened her eyes, got off the bed and screamed “peepee!!!” as she ran to the bathroom…

Willa

With three brothers she holds her own… no one can tell her what to do!!

But, she is also very much a little girl… no tomboy here, she is rough and tough and loves the colour pink and cute dresses and loves her baby…

loving her baby

With her baby

(babies of course need to nurse!)

about to give Maju to her baby

It is just amazing/scary/shocking to think that she could have not been here if her pyonephrosis wasn’t caught when it was…

She is the cherry on top of our sundae 🙂

my lollipop licking little girl 🙂

Lollipop kid

 

 

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