Spring cleaning......

So this last weekend I got a bit of the cleaning bug. As a family we cleaned out all 5 bedrooms of unwanted toys, clothes that either don't fit or are worn out and all the garbage that tends to collect with having 5 kids. The only part of the house that was not touched was the garage and that's a weekend chore all to itself. When we moved we kind of unloaded the uhaul into the garage and then moved what we needed into the house. Needless to say there is still so much out there. We are going to be taking dump runs, and I am starting to make a pile for the yard sale that we are going to have in April. It's amazing how much stuff you accumulate over time. We have thrown and/or sold so much stuff over the last 3 years and there still is so much, it's crazy. I figured since the weather has been totally crazy here that I best get stuff done inside. Almost all of our snow was gone then two nights ago it snowed then it did it again last night. I really can't wait for Spring to arrive. I have two great garden areas in our backyard that I am excited to get working on. I plan on having a vegetable garden and flowers/plants as well. I look forward to my kids helping me with them. I am always looking for ways that the kids can learn from doing. We as a family have also found a new love that the kids really enjoy, oh yeah and Dad too and that is skating at the rink. We have been there this last Friday and Saturday and we are going again tonight. It's cheap entertainment when you have a family of 7. The older two are doing pretty good at it, they practice here at home all the time. And the younger three...yes including our 1 year old, well they love it too. Savannah our 7 yr old is the most scared of falling but she's getting the hang of it as for our 3 and 1 yr olds they want to go and go and go.