The weather has turned cold again, but that does not mean the Spring cleaning hasn’t hit hard. Did I write before how I bought clothes for David for next winter? I normally buy clothes in January when they’re 50% off at Target, for the following winter. I bought them a size bigger than what he was wearing comfortably. Then in mid-February I had to pull them all out and let him start using them. He hit a growth spurt.
As I was trying to figure out what to put in his “big box” for next year, it recently happened again. That’s right, all the clothes for next winter, that he’s wearing this winter, are now about 2 inches too short in every direction. He now has about 2 pairs of pants and 2 shirts that fit him right, and the rest look funny. I joked to someone at church that it’s a good thing we homeschool. No one here cares if his pants are above his ankles.
David now stands shoulder height on me. You have no idea how strange that is. He and Silje are neck and neck, although I think he may be passing her, at least for a few more years. They look more like twins than ever. I think people assume they are, even though they’re really 15 months apart.
So we’re going to make a trip to the city to the children’s consignment shop soon. I think we’ll pick up some summer sandals for the kids there too. First, I should see what the other kids need. I’m realizing that about 90% of the clothes in Elias’ dresser don’t fit him anymore. So I need to put those in storage and bring out the next size from the closet for him. Silje went through her own clothes this year, and has already made a pile to leave her closet. I love that she’s old enough to do some of those jobs!
Also, Knut’s cousin’s wife in Connecticut, who is just my size just sent me (through relatives who just visited them) a bag of really cute clothes that she was getting rid of. It made me realize that about 50% of the clothes in my closet I never touch, and should go through and weed some out. I need to make some room for the “new” ones.
Then there’s the issue that Solveig doesn’t have a dresser, and up until now, all of her clothes have been on one open shelf in the closet. Her clothes are getting so big, that I think she needs a dresser now. However, there’s no room in the girls’ room for any more furniture. I’m thinking about getting rid of Silje’s queen size bed (which doubled as our guest bed) and replacing it with 2 twins. I’m leaning towards bunk beds like the boys have. Then I’d have plenty of space to put another dresser in there.
Add to that the fact that I’m just about done ripping wallpaper down in the upstairs bathroom, and getting ready to paint in there. I want to paint the linen closet in there too, which is so dark and narrow. It’s my running theory that if I can make the closet look like a magazine cover, I might be inclined to keep it organized. It’s currently my dirtiest closet because many of the boxes in there I haven’t opened since we moved in about 4 years ago. So all around the upstairs hallway are boxes I’m going through.
Once again, I’ve taken on too many projects at once. Some Most of them creep up whether or not I want to do them. I think my knitting time has suffered for it. O well. It will be there when I’m done.
It’s a good thing the weather turned cold. I’m not ready for that garden yet. I’m getting excited now, and will be starting some seeds inside, but still not physically ready. 😉
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