A bit sentimental

Yesterday, I finally decided to tackle the boys' dressers... to get rid of all the "too small" stuff and organize the piles of clothes that could finally fit into the drawers. Alexander's decent hand me downs  (ie: still in one piece) went to Nicklas. Nicklas' decent hand me downs went to a bin, which will eventually make its way to Oliver. Oliver's hand me downs went to... ah.. hmm... a garbage bag intended for donation to some other family. OK.. now you are going to laugh at me... I felt a little sad packing up those bags. Yes, I was sad because I gave up a good chunk of my day which could have been devoted to tasks that I actually like to do (yes, I HATE organizing clothes!)... but I was also a little sad because those small, tiny school uniforms will no longer be worn in our family again. I found in Oliver's drawer a few pairs of pants that were left over from when Alexander was in kindergarten/grade 1. I don't think that those pants would fit Alexander's forearms anymore ;) There were tiny shirts that I clearly remember the boys wearing for school photos... and little t-shirts that were about as wide as they were long... and with little holes along the neck because both Nicklas and Alexander liked to chew on their collars. I also found all the pants that I had to sew up at the waist because Oliver was too skinny for them! Funny thing is that, when the boys were wearing these clothes, I remember thinking how big they were getting... May the next mother who dresses her children in these clothes think the same thing... and also get a little sentimental when it is her time to pass those clothes and memories along...

Happy Monday xox

Bags to give away... not the backpack because that contains Nicklas' school work... although he would probably LOVE to give that away ;) xox