plastic & wrapping and boxes, oh my

Well christmas has come and gone and so the stuff in my house has increased ten-fold. We have a very generous family and my children got sooooo many things!!! I am disturbed by the amount of packaging every toys comes in these days. I spentso much time, cutting tape and plastic, untwisting little metal ties and prying things apart so my kids could eventually play with their new toys!!

A specials thanks to the makers of LiteBrite Flash Art because it slide right out of the box with batteries pre-installed ready to play!! This was by far the most played with toy this year. Drew has really enjoyed seeing what else will spin on it. like a slipper, cars and a small soccer ball, much to his delight, lol.

We threw out bags of garbage and have tons to recycle but I am feeling a lot better about cleaning out the old toys now that they have many new things to enjoy. I have decided that they can have as many toys as fit on out large toy shelf and in the toy box. If it get full something has to go.

Each of the kids did get and "organizational" gift from me. A toy hammock for their rooms to put all those stuff animals in. Again they can only keep what fits. We will give all the extra stuff to out local women's shelter so they can see that they are going to a good place.