“What’s all this crap on the floor?”
At Easter back in 2010, Shae and I were group home parents (full-time foster care parents) in California. Like I mentioned last week, holidays are a big thing in our house. Shae therefore planned all kinds of special stuff for our girls to celebrate Easter, including an Easter egg hunt, egg painting and more.
To start the day off right, she wanted the girls to see that the Easter Bunny had visited, so she placed bunny feet all down the hallway to their bedrooms. When our assistant arrived that morning, she saw the feet on the floor and thought the girls had left a mess in the hallway.
That’s what led her to asking what all the crap on the floor was. When Shae explained that she (sorry, the Easter Bunny) had left them there, her demeanor changed. I think she was still a little surprised that someone went to that much effort for Easter, but welcome to our household!
As you might have guessed, that means we have a lot of Easter-themed stuff stored away in the closet. Last week we got rid of 39 small Easter eggs but there were plenty of other items left over. It’s now week 14 of our Extreme Minimalism challenge, so it’s time to let go of 42 items. (If you’re new to this series, check out the first post to see what we’re up to.)
Here’s what we’ve said goodbye to this week:
Clockwise from top-left:
- 11 large bunny feet
- 8 soccer ball Easter eggs
- 2 regular Easter eggs
- 2 sets of fake grass for Easter baskets
- 1 soccer ball Easter basket
- 1 pack of Easter baking cups
- 4 Easter egg stickers
- 2 Easter flower stickers
- 11 small bunny feet
You can follow our entire Extreme Minimalism process with all the posts below:
- Week 1: The Purge Begins – 3 items
- Week 2: More Kitchen Stuff Edition – 6 items
- Week 3: Man Drawer Edition – 9 items
- Week 4: Puppy Edition – 12 items
- Week 5: Wifey Edition – 15 items
- Week 6: My Clothing Edition – 18 items
- Week 7: Bathroom Edition – 21 items
- Week 8: Cupcake Edition – 24 items
- Week 9: Sort Of Cheating Edition – 27 items
- Week 10: Still Sort Of Cheating Edition – 30 items
- Week 11: Stationery Edition – 33 items
- Week 12: Random Crap Edition – 36 items
- Week 13: Easter In September Edition – 39 items
- Week 14: Easter In September Redux Edition – 42 items
- Week 15: Hot Stuff Edition – 45 items
- Week 16: Paperwork Edition – 48 items
- Week 17: Toiletries Edition – 51 items
- Week 18: Toiletries & Frames Edition – 54 items
- Week 19: Sugar & Spice Edition – 57 items
- Week 20: Nakey Edition – 60 items
- Week 21: My Preciouses Edition – 63 items
- Week 22: Everything Must Go Edition – Who Knows How Many Items?!
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