What? What you say
did I get mad at? This!
To say my kids have a
small toy problem is an understatement.
And this was just the ones in the living room.
Now I have to confess
this was not the kids fault I dump out all the bins that the toys were in
because I got mad. Mad there were ten or more bins stacked up against the wall
and toys were still spilling out of them. There were bins for all kinds of toys,
bins for book, bins for office supplies, bins of cloths for my kids to grow
into, and even the Christmas bin all stacked up against one in my living room. The
kids never put the toys were they went and anything else they did want to put
away right just end up in the pile on the wall. So I got mad and dumped them
all out.
It was amazing how
much garbage and dirty clothes had ended up in the toy bins.
Labels with pictures
and words so even my little one knew what was where.
And this is what was
leftover, one bag of garbage and one box of donate stuff.
I was happy that the things were organized again but still had a sinking feeling.
"Do my kids have too many toys?"
Yes!
Yes my kids have too many toys but its not a problem that I can solve by myself in one angry day. My children need to be part of the process of letting the toys go, and learning that less really is more. For now I hope to continue taking one step at a time and maybe one day my kids will get angry at the state of their room and I can be their to help them let go of the old, broken, or unloved things. To put a little order to things and feel better when the emotional and physical clutter is out.