Cleaning out the house and more...

It is that special time of year again, when we all do alittle spring cleaning. I go through the kid's clothes and shoes, etc, and sort in to piles of what stays what goes, there are about six different piles and eight different bins, crazy chaos in the basement right now. And the big decision... garage sale or good will? This year I have decided to not do a garage sale, so I am taking one trip to a resale store "Once upon a child" and the rest goes to Goodwill. Should be simple. I also have big bins in the basement with each child's name on it, and each year I put in one of there favorite pieces of clothing that is now way too small to wear, (yet they try to keep wearing it), so that someday when they are my age they can look back and see what they liked as a child. And for me to remember just how tiny they were! They grow way to fast, we measure our kid's height on the wall near the kitchen each year in January, well yesterday Miah wanted me to re-meausure her, so I did just for fun, and she has grown almost 2 inches since January! Isn't that crazy!