Tackle it Tuesday--The Kids' Room

I've been putting this one off. Our kids, ages 2 years and 5 months, share a room in our two bedroom apartment. Well, sort of. The little one still sleeps in our room, but will be invading our little buys space soon enough. Living in such limited space with youngin's means we have to be pretty creative. In that room is a set of bunkbeds, a crib, two dressers, a bookcase, a toy area, and lots and lots of baby things. We do have a closet. It, in itself, is full of baby clothes, Christmas ornaments, camping necessities, and so much more. But that will have to wait for another day.

Today I'm just trying to get the room straightened up while should be quite a task with two little ones under foot. I plan to complete the following:

• Sort through my daughter's dresser and pull out things she's outgrown. Being 5 months old, she's constantly outgrowing things and constantly needing things put away or taken out. I'll be going through my son's old clothes to see if there's anything she will be growing into as well. I want to make sure we get the most use of the things we have. He certainly left them in excellent condition as he outgrew them.
• Sort through what I take out. Some for the consignment shop, some for handing down, some for storage.
• Clean off my son's dresser to pull the box fan out of storage. We've having a heat wave and it's time we get ready for summer anyways.
• Clean up the toys, straighten up stuffed animals.
• Clean up top bunk. Straighten up walker, backpack, portacrib, and stored items. Seal up spacebags for under the bed.
• Straighten up bookcase. Keep teaching my little guy about putting away his books. Organize some different size diapers, swim diapers, and pull-ups on the upper shelves. Organize a couple on lower shelves for little man to help out.

I'm sure this will be a couple of days project with stopping to nurse, potty train, settle down for naps, and fix meals. But I have some big work to do in there and I might as well get to it. While I'm in there, I'll probably start packing for little man to go to Grandma's for the weekend. He's so excited. I just can't let him help me pack. I put in and he takes out. Wish me luck!

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