LAUNDRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Laundry must be in the process at all times. It takes about 5 loads every day to keep it done and during times of sickness, heavy outside play, or extra stuff going on will require more. Nothing is as bad as the SEASONAL CHANGE OVER though.
Because of our family size, closet management, and keeping children from pulling out winter clothes to wear in the middle of summer - we put all off season clothing in the attic. They are loaded into the big plastic tubs and put up until the next season. When that season arrives, then we must pull them all down, wash them on a light cycle, and sort them to whoever will be wearing them that season. We have piles of the outgoing season ready to go into those tubs and put them right back up as we pull them done.
We have been working on this for the last 2 weeks now! I've done about 50 plus tubs up to this point and I have another 8 to 10 tubs that will come down probably tomorrow. :(
Every seasonal change over, I begin to wonder about joining a nudist colony. Anything seems better than this! Then I look in the mirror and quickly realize that I wouldn't even be able to survive the first day. Then I go back to doing the laundry!
This seasonal change I am very thankful for one thing. I don't have any sizes that need to go back to the attic this year!! I have children in absolutely every size known to mankind. I am keeping down clothes for our 5 Bulgarian Blessings that are on the way, since they should arrive home before the next seasonal change! Every outfit that I've loved over the years will be worn again this season! If you by chance haven't met our newest blessings, then be sure and hop over to our ADOPTION BLOG and click on the names Keith, Aleshia, Anita, Nicholas, and Ahnja. There are videos and pictures of Brent's visits with them on there! There are also several opportunities for you to help us out and have opportunities at some great gifts through 2 giveaways that are going on right now. There is an upcoming online auction to benefit our family starting soon. We would be glad to send you a "Thank You" picture as well. All of those things are list in THIS post.
Right now, I'm going to do more laundry! I will thank God for it this year, because He gave me all these wonderful blessings to do the laundry for and they are all jumping in and helping which makes it much easier!
Oh! Amanda! I love this post too! And again, I'm about to go through the same thing. Only instead of tubs I use banker boxes and do the same thing - go through and try on to see who fits in what this season and then starting to fill the empty boxes with the winter clothes. I really love doing this - I know i'm strange, but you sort of alluded to it. I love seeing how much the kids have grown and then seeing a younger sibling fitting into a cute outfit that I loved on one of the bigger kids is so much fun! With two new little girls coming I will also be saving out most of the little girl clothes to see what is going to fit them! I love this series you're doing on big families! I feel like we are kindred spirits! Love ya!
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