...may be hazardous to your health. The clipart to the left reveals what I discovered in my daughter's room yesterday. I noticed that the clothes I just washed, dried, and folded were still on her desk where I laid them the day or two before. I also found a plate she used for pizza rolls and two glasses that had who knows what in them.
Today, I decided we would go through all her clothes to see what fit and didn't fit to make room for clothes that needed to be put away and possibly clothes she will receive for her birthday or Christmas. Since her bed wasn't made I decided to do that for her...what I found was probably not shocking to most parents but it was to me. In between the wall and the mattress were a ton of clothes that I assume had been worn, an empty sleeve of crackers, crumbs from whatever, candy wrappers, and books. I found more clothes under her pillow, two glasses in her window sill, and tissues on the floor that had fallen short of the trash can.
Going through the clothes wasn't a big deal. She didn't complain unless she got into an outfit she couldn't get out of and quickly discovered she had a lot of clothes she didn't remember she had! I anticipated getting rid of more clothes than we did but at least we got rid of a couple of shopping bags full.
This weekend she is going to stay with a close friend and I plan to take advantage of this time to clean her room! Her room needs to go on a "stuff" diet. Right now it looks as though it is a storage unit -cluttered and unkempt. We have three additional kiddos coming to stay with us the middle of November and this room will have some resemblance of order before they get here!
Although I am really looking forward to having time alone with my husband, I think between the two of us we can tackle this project head on and then have some well deserved time for us!
