I LOVE NAPTIME!!!

What mother doesn't love naptime? It is a chance for us to have time to ourselves again. Usually I take a nap too when the kids are asleep, but today I am so proud of myself that I stayed awake. Instead I cleaned out my closet and now it is so beautiful again. I wished I had taken before pictures for you guys to see it, but I was kinda ashamed of it. I had cleaned the whole house top to bottom in May, but all the stuff that didn't really have an official home got thrown in my closet. So today I pulled all the mess out and got to work. 2 hours later, I have a beautiful and organized closet, and tomorrow the Goodwill Store will be receiving two huge trash bags full of clothes that I no longer wear. It was funny because it was easy for me to give away old clothes that didn't fit anymore, but I kept all my maternity clothes. I guess I figured I would have another child before I lost the 30lbs to fit back into a size 11. I did find 4 brand new shirts with tags still on them so it was definatly worth it! :)

My closet is a pretty good sized walk-in and besides all my clothes in there, this is where I keep all the holiday decorations and my "gift and activity center" -toys, books, activities, etc that I have bought supper cheap for the kids for birthdays and holidays. So if its a rainy day or a holiday and I just go to the closet and BAM! instant presents. The key to this is to shop after holidays and especially after Christmas when toys and decorations are 75-90% off. I bought Aviana a crawling baby doll for $3 last year that will be one of her main B-Day presents this year. I was inspired to start this "center" after I spent well over $300 last Christmas on just a few toys and decorations. NEVER AGAIN. I am to cheap for that! :)