All the cousins left Saturday morning at 11, right around the time Kai's dad came to pick them up for the day. Kai and Keala's rooms looked awful. Somehow I got the notion to CLEAN HOUSE. I only do a thorough cleaning like this every other month. It feels like I just did this a couple weeks ago! Nevertheless, I set out to accomplish my goal. For two hours I cleared out the trash from Kai's room, reorganized all the toys, and updated his clothes making bags for D.I. and throwing worn clothes in the trash. Of course, Maggie doesn't help with all her play-biting cuz half of Kai's shirts have holes in them. The bat and ball rack was made by Kai's Great-Grandfather.
Brent helped me moved Kai's bed a few feet from the window, which let more light in the room. It also allows his rocking chair to be out of the way so he can reach his toy bins under his bed. They had been up in his closet and every time he pulled them down we'de hear a loud crash. It dawned on me to put the lightweight dress-ups and costumes up in the closet and all the toys under the bed. Duh! After I was done with his room I had such a feeling of accomplishment! Then Brent left at 1 to go to the BYU game and I started on Keala's room...
I did more furniture rearranging here too. The bookshelf is full of Disney Videocassette movies that all the families have collected over the years. I wouldn't be suprised if she had every one. I also put the Alphabet above her bed since 'we' are just starting to learn the letters. The 'castle' over her bed is a stick on that I've had for the last 6 months and haven't put it up yet. (I had hoped to repaint her room first.) Forget that!
I also moved her desk on the other side of the dresser and put the tree in the corner. G'ma Ann is cleaning out her house and gave us the tree this past week. Keala blurted out "I want that in my room". So there it is. You may not know what the difference is in these rooms. But I do, and I am so satisfied every time I walk into their clean rooms. I barely finished when the kids got back at 4 o-clock. Thats 5 straight hours of cleaning! I had 3 bags of trash and 4 bags of clothes and toys for D.I. Brent says it turns him on when I organize like that. (He's just using positive reinforcement so I'll do it again... Ha!)
As a side note, we were looking up at these frogs sitting on top of our bookshelf this morning. They were made to light up in the hot tub or bath. But they work in your hand when you touch the sensors. The kids love them so much we have to give them a rest from time to time. But Brent says this morning, "These guys haven't said much lately." To which I responded, "Yes, but don't they look happy!"
To which Brent responds, "Yes, but if they could talk, I bet they would say 'Bud-Wei-Ser' - ha ha ha"! Yes, this is what I live with.
All the cousins left Saturday morning at 11, right around the time Kai's dad came to pick them up for the day. Kai and Keala's rooms looked awful. Somehow I got the notion to CLEAN HOUSE. I only do a thorough cleaning like this every other month. It feels like I just did this a couple weeks ago! Nevertheless, I set out to accomplish my goal. For two hours I cleared out the trash from Kai's room, reorganized all the toys, and updated his clothes making bags for D.I. and throwing worn clothes in the trash. Of course, Maggie doesn't help with all her play-biting cuz half of Kai's shirts have holes in them. The bat and ball rack was made by Kai's Great-Grandfather.
Brent helped me moved Kai's bed a few feet from the window, which let more light in the room. It also allows his rocking chair to be out of the way so he can reach his toy bins under his bed. They had been up in his closet and every time he pulled them down we'de hear a loud crash. It dawned on me to put the lightweight dress-ups and costumes up in the closet and all the toys under the bed. Duh! After I was done with his room I had such a feeling of accomplishment! Then Brent left at 1 to go to the BYU game and I started on Keala's room...
I did more furniture rearranging here too. The bookshelf is full of Disney Videocassette movies that all the families have collected over the years. I wouldn't be suprised if she had every one. I also put the Alphabet above her bed since 'we' are just starting to learn the letters. The 'castle' over her bed is a stick on that I've had for the last 6 months and haven't put it up yet. (I had hoped to repaint her room first.) Forget that!
I also moved her desk on the other side of the dresser and put the tree in the corner. G'ma Ann is cleaning out her house and gave us the tree this past week. Keala blurted out "I want that in my room". So there it is. You may not know what the difference is in these rooms. But I do, and I am so satisfied every time I walk into their clean rooms. I barely finished when the kids got back at 4 o-clock. Thats 5 straight hours of cleaning! I had 3 bags of trash and 4 bags of clothes and toys for D.I. Brent says it turns him on when I organize like that. (He's just using positive reinforcement so I'll do it again... Ha!)
As a side note, we were looking up at these frogs sitting on top of our bookshelf this morning. They were made to light up in the hot tub or bath. But they work in your hand when you touch the sensors. The kids love them so much we have to give them a rest from time to time. But Brent says this morning, "These guys haven't said much lately." To which I responded, "Yes, but don't they look happy!"
To which Brent responds, "Yes, but if they could talk, I bet they would say 'Bud-Wei-Ser' - ha ha ha"! Yes, this is what I live with.
2 comments:
WOW! Next time you get that ambitious, please...come to my house and de-junk some rooms!
I don't know what they looked like before, but they look VERY nice in the pictures!
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