Today I spent over two hours reorganizing Natasha's closet. It's not that it was disorganized, but it mainly had all her summer outfits out and since it's getting rather chilly, I needed to get all her fall and winter outfits out and handy. Not every day is cold now, but even when it's 18°C outside and windy, Natasha gets too cold in a simple t-shirt and so I needed all her long-sleeve stuff out as well. And let me tell you it took forever... This child has about five times as many clothes as Matthew and I put together! There are items in her closet such as shirts, pants, dresses and other things that she only wore once or twice before she outgrew them - there were simply not enough days to wear every single item she owned! Some of these items were passed down to us from family or friends, and others were new that either I bought for her, or someone else did as a gift. And of course she looks cute in everything, but like I already said, it was almost impossible to wear everything!
Anyway, today I removed all her t-shirts and tank tops from the hangers and folded them into one of the drawers in her dresser. In their place I now have hanging her long-sleeve tops and blouses. I find it much easier and more convenient to grab stuff off the hangers than dig through a drawer for what I might need. Her shorts are also folded in a drawer in case we still get some warm enough days to wear them. I think she's more than ready for the fall to arrive!
On a different but related note, she has about 5-6 huge boxes at the bottom of her closet filled with 18-24 months outfits. This child has enough clothes for at least another year, if not more. She got a lot of 18-24 size outfits for her birthday from Matthew's family, and a few days ago she got about a ton more clothes from my grandparents who live in Israel. And then yesterday, we celebrated her birthday at my parents' place, where needless to say, she got a gazillion more new items to wear. I just wish we had more room to store her future wardrobe, but right now we're doing more-or-less okay with storing everything is cardboard boxes and large gift bags.
I hear from moms of boys that this only happens to moms of girls...But who knows!
