Basement Re-claimed

One of my goals over the break was to take some time with the kiddos (the good, quality, bonding-type forced-labor time) and find a way to make our basement navigable again, even enjoyable if possible. We spent two hours on two days and were able to clean up the basement, the stairs going down to it, the big toy room, clean out the storage area for the new freezer, and load up an entire trailer-load for DI! WAHOO!!! I was really impressed at how well everyone helped out, even Sophia! (Not that they had a lot of options, really!) ; ) Nothing feels so good as to clean out boxes that still had tape on them from the move . . . (was it really 3 1/2 years ago?) : )

The best part was when we were done, the kids were running and jumping and spinning and dancing in the toy room, overjoyed that they had room to do so without imbedding any Legos or Polly Pockets in their feet!

I would include "before" pictures, but that would be too embarrassing. I'll give you some "after" shots, though!

Here's the DI pile:


the stairs to the basement (this used to be hazardous to your health!):

the toy room (look at all the basketball, football and dancing space!):

storage area (you couldn't even walk in here last week!):

I am ok with them playing down here now, unsupervised! : ) And with this done, maybe they'll leave my room alone . . .


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