spring reorganization

I don't feel like spring cleaning is the term to use because we haven't even been keeping up with the regular cleaning lately. We have been reorganizing though.

While Grandma was visiting we moved all the towels and linens out of the hall closet to use it as storage for the many buckets of toys the twins have. We were trying to use the rack for the buckets, but they just dump everything out and climb on the rack. So the closet at least keeps more of the toys out of site and we can rotate them better.

The towels and linens are now in our hallway bathroom closet that had a bunch of empty space... I still need to finish throwing out lots of almost empty shampoo and lotion bottles in there.

Barry built himself a workbench in the garage to hold his tools and project supplies. The bench part with lower shelving is finished, but he still has to attach the upper shelf and pegboard for hanging the tools. On Monday, he also cleaned out the garage of a couple month's worth of cardboard boxes and project waste.

I've finally managed to go through the twins clothes and box up everything that's too small or long sleeved.

We found bedding to use for the twins room when they move into the guest room this summer. Ryan's bedding is brown stripes, and Alyna's is a cream color with brown flowers and some turquoise accents. (And they feel a lot nicer than the Wal-Mart sheets that were on the beds.) The walls are already a rich brown color, so we haven't decided whether to repaint the room or leave it as it is.

Side Note: As I'm typing, a bird just landed on the new bird feeder we attached to the picture window the other day... wish the kids were awake to see it...

We still have a long way to go cleaning everything out of the guest room to turn it into the twins room this summer. The nursery will stay the way it is and be the new baby's room. We also need to go through the storage room in the garage and decide what can be sold or thrown away. Barry has agreed to sell/donate all of our many boxes of books... except those with sentimental value or that are classics.

It feels good to start putting things in order for the arrival of the new addition...