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September 27, 2006

I’ve been so busy this week cleaning out closets in preparation for fall weather, I’ve hardly had a minute to sit down and write. All these posts are swirling through my head, yet I’m having to wait … forcing myself to get my housework done first.

I wish our kids’ closets were big enough to hold summer and fall clothes in one place, but my girls share a room and share a closet — so there’s no room for gingham sundresses to hang once I pull out the corduroy and velvet. The good thing is that now they won’t even be tempted to wear their pretty summer dresses, since they’ll be packed away — forgotten about until next spring.

FlyLady would be proud of me — maybe I’ll even write her someday. It’s like she’s been standing over my shoulder telling me to keep going, keep going. I’ve filled up eight bags of outgrown clothes, and I’m blessing the Salvation Army shoppers who will be out looking for children’s clothing. I’ve been saving clothes for years to pass along to future cousins, but one day I realized, when my sister has her first baby, she’ll have showers galore and get all new stuff — and who wants all my hand-me-downs that have been worn to shreds?

I’ve decided to pack away a few special smocked baby outfits that were worn in pictures to pass along to our future grandchildren. Then I’m keeping a few more things for the girls to play with. They were thrilled when I gave each of them an old diaper bag filled with baby clothes that fit their baby dolls. They’ve had such fun dressing their babies — and did you know that tiny newborn dresses look great on Kit, the American Girl doll? They look like tea party dresses, and Kit has been quite happy with her new wardrobe.

There are two friends at my church whose sons are the perfect size for my boys’ hand-me-downs, but as every mom of boys knows, most of their play clothes get completely worn out. So I’m only passing along the cute little overalls and collared shirts that weren’t worn as frequently!

I’ve got so much I want to write about — stacks of books full of wonderful ideas to tell you about — authors I want to interview … But the FlyLady won’t let me go until I get this chore done. So, until we meet again, Ta-Ta-For-Now.

By: Heather Ivester in: Motherhood | Permalink | Comments & Trackbacks (3)



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