Sorting

Our vacation is going great! We had really big ideas of things we wanted to do over this break but we've decided to play it a little more low key and just enjoy our time together while getting some things done that we've been putting off. How adult of us! Well our initial plan was to take a cruise but we decided not to until Liam was either old enough to enjoy it or old enough to be left behind for a few days. Neither of those is this year so we put it off. Instead, we are taking advantage of the last 2 days of our Disneyland passes. They expire on my birthday (Dec. 15) and they are a FORTUNE now so we plan on putting off purchasing new ones as long as possible. I really love Disneyland so I'm not sure how long I can last without them!

Up until now we've been wrapping Christmas presents, eating gingerbread men, drinking hot cocoa, and watching holiday specials. We also cleaned out the garage and sorted through Liam's toys. Well, Paul actually did both of those things while I watched. Sorting through his toys was so hard for me to do. I'm a big believer in getting every last drop out of... anything! It just doesn't feel right to pack away baby toys that have barely been played with. And it most definitely doesn't feel right to donate items that I stared so longingly at while I awaited Liam's arrival. Paul, on the other hand, says, "it's like a band-aid. You just gotta rip it off!" So he charged through Liam's toy buckets and cubbies throwing rattles, chimes, baby mirrors, and teethers into a big box to be stored away for the next one. Of course, Liam wanted to play with everything that went into the box which encouraged me even more to beg for their release. But, it's done and it was needed. With Christmas only a couple weeks away we really needed to make room for more age appropriate toys.

Plus it encouraged me to get in on the action. I raided Liam's cabinet in the kitchen. Yes, if you don't have kids and you ever wonder how much space you need, Liam has his own cabinet. I filled another box with bottles, pacifiers, milk storage containers, and everything else we don't use anymore. To be perfectly honest, Liam never took to the bottle or a pacifier so they could have been packed up long ago.

Now, we are busy packing for our short getaway. That, and getting over this nasty cold. It should go away just in time for DISNEYLAND!!