Aah another Christmas has come and gone. I came home on Boxing day from the Grandparents with 2 bags full of toys to find the house already full of toys! The annual clear out of toys cannot be avoided anymore.
The following day I get the labour intensive task while my husband goes out with the kids. I am in charge of making the decision which toy goes to the loft, which one stays and which one goes to charity. I find this task very difficult as its not my toys but theirs and what if I make the wrong decision? What if they are not “over” this toy or have not learnt enough from it? Are the puzzles really a “been there, done that” puzzle? (So now there is the 4th pile: keep them sepearte for a while just in case they ask for it).
Its not easy, all I have to say is…to all those mothers out there…Good Luck in trying to clear out and not hang on.
