Culling time.

[ciroccoj]

We've had the boys going through their toys and selecting which ones they want to keep/toss, and they've done... almost nothing. Chris and I helped for about three hours in all, and most of the toys that were properly sorted/put away were done by us. The rest lay there for nine hours, while the boys sort of puttered around and complained about how much work they had to do.

After various attempts to motivate, prod along, encourage, etc, they eventually got a huge Mrs. Weasley-worthy yelling from me, then were given until bedtime to finish up, or lose whatever toys remained on the floor.

Bedtime came, and their remaining toys went. Into the garbage.

I love my kids. Really I do. Except for those days when the dearest wish of my heart involves dropping them out the window.

In other news, there is no snow. None. It's 4C (39.2F) out, and it's been raining, on and off, for the last couple of days. In January. In Ottawa, where a normal winter day in winter is about -10C (14F), with no green on the ground until March at the very earliest. The Rideau Skateway is closed and doesn't look like it'll be frozen in time for Winterlude.

WTF?

Comments

[13oct.livejournal.com]

FINALLY - another Mom who thinks like me - yesss! I know I have an easy kid; but some days I just want to throw my daughter off my terrace. Thanks for letting me know that there are other like me around!

[stephantom.livejournal.com]

The weather is insane! I live in New England and it was about 60-70 degrees F today. I wanted to go skiing this break - not going to happen. Agh. I saw robins a week ago. There are like flowers and vegetables coming out and it's still winter, and so they'll die and there'll be nothing in the spring.

Global warming! It's all very disconcerting...

[a-dawn.livejournal.com]

I keep fearing there will be some weather karma and we'll have snow in July.

Culling Time

[(Anonymous)]

Culling toys after Christmas is a good thing. Throwing them into the garbage is NOT. It's shameful. Are there no poor people in Ottawa? No Goodwill stores? No day cares that might appreciate some new toys? Sending toys that are probably still useful to the landfill is not exactly environmentally-friendly, either.