hadn't been played with more than a handful of times it's entire life with us and yet I kind of miss it. After all, Miss E spent all her Christmas and Birthday money from Grandma on it. In my twisted, nostalgic mind that made it "special". But the ship wasn't special. It was a pain in the butt that took up WAY more room than it was worth. So, it's gone. There are a few other things that I've noticed missing, but I'm trying not to think about them. I'm going to be strong so I can reclaim my house from Fisher Price, Mattel and Hasbro. I've given away a few things like the Pack-N-Play,
the baby swing, 
and the Step and Play piano.
However, there's more. SO much more and it needs to find a new home. This morning my goal is to get a couple of our larger things cleaned up so they can go to the consignment store. I'll have to sneak them out the door and go to the store by myself because my kids are irrationally attached, too. But, I'm consoling myself with the knowledge that it will be easier for the kids to enjoy the things they really love if there's less clutter and honestly, I doubt they'll ever miss it. Plus, if I sell some of the nicer stuff it's always better to have a few bucks than more junk to take care of. | |
Mr. A NOT playing with one of the toys about to find a new home. He loved it when it was his first gift from Santa, but now he just lines his cars up around it. |
I am SOOOOOO with you. Good Luck! Why do you figure we get so attached to "things"? They are unimportant when compared to what really matters, yet we have a hard time getting rid of them. I guess our perspective would be different if we found ourselves in a situation where we couldn't have anything. Maybe I should think about what I would keep if I had to live in my car. That would put a whole new spin on it.
ReplyDeleteI think it's A: because I was always a closet sentimentalist and B: because I associate all their toys with particular stages in their development which I want to always remember and C: because I hate to throw anything out that may be useful in the future. Those three things have conspired against me till I'm practically a hoarder! Consigning Mr. A's first gift from Santa was freeing though. Suddenly there is a huge category of "first" presents that I feel better about sending on to possibly be someone else's firsts. Have you heard of the guy who gave away all but 15 of his posessions? He's living out of a backpack for a year. I could never do that, but as someone who's large home is so stuffed it feels small, I know it's time to become more of a minimalist.
ReplyDeleteI laughed when I saw that 2 of your 3 biggest give-away items came to my house! We aren't currently using either, but with more kids on the horizon I think we will. I, too, have a hard time putting things away or getting rid of them because I know JP absolutely LOVED each toy for a minute and maybe he'll want to play with them again, right? Sheesh, what is wrong with us??
ReplyDeleteOh Megan, you have no idea how happy I was to give those things to JP. It's SO much easier to give them to someone I also have an emotional attachment to. Alex's first gift from Santa just came up on the consignment store's facebook page and it almost killed me. I don't know what our problem is but I wish it would go away!
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