tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050555110380676620.post4537291595020273772..comments2023-10-01T06:41:25.671-05:00Comments on Life with these 3 kids: Sentimental ValueShannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04066636218451832629noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050555110380676620.post-36277449920156962522009-06-01T13:51:04.685-05:002009-06-01T13:51:04.685-05:00Take a photo of the toy or a photo of Brady or Nat...Take a photo of the toy or a photo of Brady or Natalie with the toy. Make an 8x8 (or 6x6 etc) scrapbook of photos of toys your kids had that were special. Have one for each of them. Don't get fancy with the scrapbooking, don't worry about lots of pretty paper or embellishments, concentrate on just getting the photo and the story. Write where they got the toy. Why it is a special toy. What they did with it. Ask them why they liked playing with it. That book will be more enjoyable when they are 30 than a box of toys they don't remember where they got them from or that they played with them at all. Their kids will also enjoy reading about toys their parents played with (I have toys, stuffed animals and I have no clue about them). Keep a few special toys (maybe 5 altogether, and that's five through their entire childhood so you may have to toss one of the five should a more favorite one come along later) to hand down to them (scrap these too so you remember who gave, etc).<br />If you don't do this, you will have a garage full of stuff like your Dad and I that just grows and grows!Mrs. Lhttp://watkinslynn.typepad.com/pages_pucks_and_pantry/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050555110380676620.post-46253241469728819312009-05-31T15:20:29.941-05:002009-05-31T15:20:29.941-05:00Keep it. Get some Rubbermaid tubs and keep what y...Keep it. Get some Rubbermaid tubs and keep what you want to keep. You have plenty of room and you always throw it out years from now, but you can never get stuff back. Love. DadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050555110380676620.post-8454181014127534202009-05-31T09:20:53.077-05:002009-05-31T09:20:53.077-05:00stuffed animals for the most part go in my book. I...stuffed animals for the most part go in my book. I have kept some b/c kids love them and someday you'll be grandparents and need them. Toys...if they are going to be classics keep, if not who cares and throw. I'm keeping some of the nicer bigger things for grandkids like my mom did but tossing the rest. Good luck.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02818441682809913607noreply@blogger.com