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By Moriah on September 2nd, 2009
Whenever my mom is here we seem to attempt a massive organizing/cleaning overhaul of my house. With a new baby only two months away, as you can imagine, my mom arrived for this visit to one very long to-do list.
You know, minor things like steam-cleaning the rugs and vacuuming under the couch cushions, getting the dust bunnies out from under my bed… (And yes, we totally made Andy hold the mattresses back while we vacuumed and mopped under there. He’s a good sport.)
Yesterday we went through all the clothes currently in my dresser – I still had non-maternity summer stuff taking up real estate in there. What’s up with that? We also sorted through the girls’ dresser and closet and made some room in there for Girl 3.
Today before Andy left for work, he helped us carry down 8 huge storage bins of baby clothes from the attic. Whenever one of the kids changed sizes or we had a season change, I just threw things in bins and tossed them up there.
Which means that nothing was organized by sex or size. Yeah, I know, efficient.
So during naptime we dumped them all out, sifted out a garbage bag’s worth of Goodwill stuff, and put everything back according to size and gender. I now have a bin of preemie to 3 mo. that I can grab out when the time comes and have everything together, ready to go. (Well, it’ll need to be washed. But still.)
We also got all the girls’ fall clothes accessible. (Mostly Adelaide’s… I haven’t done much shopping ahead for Madeline.) I know I’ll thank myself when the cold weather hits and I don’t have to root around in the attic for something suitable for them to wear.
(I also should mention that you can’t fully stand up in our attic. So bending half-over, scooting things around, and shoving them to where Andy could carry them down, well, that was quite literally backbreaking work. I’ll be on the couch for the rest of the week, if you need me.)
Need some cleaning done? Invite my mom over, she’s no joke.
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That is what I finally did a week or so ago – I love that “organized” feeling. Give you back a break now!!!
Can I borrow your Mom? That list of stuff sounds exactly like the list of things I need to do before baby #3 arrives. Ahh, overwhelmed much? :)
Oh, all those organized bins look so good!!! I’m so thankful that I did that job before the garage sale so now when fall and the baby come I know which bin to grab and know its actually organized. Good for you and your Mom!!!
what a great mom and what a great feeling to get so much done!
Yay for mom!!! And the day will come when your last baby is getting grown up, and is going through those final clothes. When you give it all away because there are no more younger ones of that gender. Sigh.
It was great to meet your mom at the park yesterday! My kids had fun playing with your kids too. Alice needs some girl playmates, so let me know if you ever want Madeline to come and play. It would be great in the morning sometime while I do school with Caleb.
The house we bought is four blocks from my Mom’s, I LOVE having her so close, especially with a newborn she has done So much for us I can’t even list them all. I <3 my Mom!
oh man, kids’ clothes are my bane.
I finally went down there this spring and was, like, ‘duh, if i LABELED the bins that might help.”
Your mom is the BEST! I know you’re glad to have things in good shape. Yay for progress and YAY for your mom!