(Really, I can’t bear watching this Bafana game anymore. My nerves are shot.)
I am in the process of selling off and passing on our baby paraphanalia. And trust me, with twins, we have plenty. I try not to hoard and keep stuff ‘just for incase’, but sometimes you just can’t help it.
The big stuff like cots is easy to get rid of, but I always wonder about the smaller stuff that, collectively, takes up so much space.
For example, I never know what artwork of my kids to keep. Daniel isn’t really very prolific, but I can see a real difference in the girls’ work even at this age (2). But do I really have to keep everything? What do you keep? I have visions of big photo frames with all their artwork, but never seem to get around to it.
I recently read Paulo Coelho’s biography and was amazed as the amount of written records such as school reports, letters etc that was referred to from his childhood, which means that a lot of stuff was kept for many years. Where do they keep it all??
And then I also wonder, should I be wanting another baby as much as I secretly do, even knowing I would have to go for IVF again. Would it be tempting fate in some weird way as we have 3 such wonderfully healthy children already? (purely academic excercise anyway as we certainly can’t afford even IVF right now, much less another baby)
And then I think back to my horrendous morning with the 3 of them all demanding attention in some way and the chorus of MammaMammaMammaMammaMammaMammaMammaMamma until I want to scream and I take another long sip of my Merlot and think Nah, I’ll pass, thanks.
Quick Danielism: I finally convinced (read: bullied) hubby to light our fireplace this evening and as he came through the house with the wood Daniel pipes up: ‘Pappa, gaan ons braai?’
cuteness man – braai 🙂
Another baba – very very brave lady. Two have scared me right out of that lol.
LOL, but you have 2 boys. they are equal to 4 girls in my opinion!
I have memory boxes for each of the kids and keep the artwork that I feel shows their development – like their drawings of themselves, their family, their hand and foot prints, and now in school their reports and certificates. I did not keep every single painting that came home from preschool – was like 20 a week!
Thanks, great idea!
hahaha at this age, I think you are right! 😛
I’ve read that you should take photo’s of the stuff that means something to you and then get rid of it. Nice idea I think.
LOL, that’s cool! I could live with that!
I do exactly what Durban Diva does, though someone also suggested photographing what you are planning to throw away. Haven’t tried that yet but I think it’s a great idea.
Just make sure that they don’t actually see you throw it away!
I’m definitely done with kids. Clearly you are unsure. Good luck with that one..x
LOL, no I think I’m really done, just still in denial.. 🙂
🙂