Always running a day or so behind!

Andrew made this earlier this week.  I'm not a big Halloween fan, but you gotta admit that is cute/scary/cute... ya?

Today the three of us cleaned his room together.  Andrew is a packrat.  He has a SUPER hard time throwing even used Kleenex away.  In the past we push him to clean his room and then after a couple months of him not doing a good job I clean it, often throwing things away.

This time we took a different approach and explained the rules. Then we got him started with our encouragement to go through toy by toy and really think about what he uses and what he has outgrown.  We came up with a bag of dress up clothes for his angels, and a shoe box of toys for some other kids.  We also threw away a BIG bag of broken, missing pieces, rocks, sticks and kleenex.  His room is sparkly, and we rewarded his good work with a new toy and a bookshelf for his books.  He seemed quite proud tonight as he drifted off to sleep.

Comments

[Christi]

So nice to get a visit from one of my favorite TallyScrappers! Love your bloggity-blog...and I realize the music is from "The Lion King" but the overall effect here is very Christmasy! I love it! :)

[Christi]

Good morning! Okay, I'll tell you....
My name is...
Well, it rhymes with...
Ah, nuts, I can't do it. What if someone were to read this comment? I'll TM it to you.
Maybe.

[Leah Crowe]

I love Andrews Halloween project! He's such a smart lil guy!