Saturday, October 18, 2008

Clearing Things Out

I'm in a funny place right now. I'm stuck between the cusp of true boy toys (trains, cars, dump trucks) and baby toys. We shipped over all of Gusi's old clothes and toys when we moved here last year and since our storage space here is limited, I am happy that the baby is starting to outgrow the 0 to 3 month old clothes. Actually, he's even starting to outgrow some of the 3 to 6 month old clothes! Him moving on to larger sizes means I can get rid of those clothes and pack up Gusi's 2T clothes since he's well into the 3Ts. But now, our house is slowly being taken over by baby bouncing chairs and activity centers as well as bicycles, fire engines and little red wagons. There are a few things that I'm keeping--cute outfits that Gusi and/or the baby wore, special little toys--and the rest I'm going to get rid of. I'm certainly not going to take all of this back with me to the US or on to our next post when our time here is over. We've accumulated a lot so I need to keep things balanced. I thought that I'd be leaving with less than I came with but I realize that that may not happen. We've ordered numerous things (especially toys) which means we'll have quite a bit amassed. I just need to stay on top of where it all is and what needs to go. It's too bad my cousin (she's having twin boys in December) lives so far away, otherwise she'd inherit the mother load of boy items.

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