Random Kid Collections!!

Build It and we will come!

I embarked on a dangerous mission this weekend with hopes of starting some Spring cleaning. I dared to open the closet doors of my little wranglers. It was just pure luck that nothing came crashing down from the shelves. But I did discover that kids collect some really weird things.

For example, Little Dude with-the-not-so-white-socks, thanks to muddy paw prints all over the floor, has enough mini Lego pieces to build an actual movie set for a new Star Wars movie. In fact, he has been personally recruited by Hans Solo and Chewbacca that if he “builds it, they will come.”

He builds all kinds of random, really cool things, avoiding the directions at all costs. I also discovered several way-too-small shirts in need of being donated. These shirts were so tiny they could have passed for crop tops from the 1970’s!  Two or more Snuggies were discovered, a huge stuffed and ripped snake from a carnival, a star wars helmet, and enough spare pillows and blankets for a really rockin’ sleepover!

Remember the games “Mousetrap” and “Operation”? My kids are tweens now and haven’t played those games in years. These games have been replaced by laptops, IPODS! and smart mouthin’! Another great find was the mega-phone/combination voice changer…. which I confiscated for my own use, to get their attention when needed.

Moving on to Dear Daughter’s pit of a room, OMG, Mama dust bunnies. This kid is a hoarder of papers, books, magazines, price tags from Justice clothing, rocks, weird dried up “items” from camps, Kooky pens, stuffed animals, piggy banks minus the stoppers, Halloween candy, a wild collection of posters and 5,000 Silly Bands. Oh yea, and none of the kids wear them anymore. I guess we can string them all together for next year’s Christmas tree garland!

We’re Cool!

I’m sure I collected some bizarre stuff when I was a kid too. We didn’t have as much STUFF then, but I did have some four-leaf clovers, a cool rock collection and an autograph from a famous baseball player to brag about. Someday I’ll have to tell the little wranglers more about my childhood, until then, who knows what else my spring cleaning expedition will turn up.

We are NOT cool anymore!