IT's funny, because my kids were always so tall, and wore bulky clothe diapers, that I am used to buying up a size (or 2) for them. Now, it's opposite because they are so skinny. For the summer clothes anyway - where the height doesn't matter.

Decided to go through all the clothes.

I stopped by my closet and chose about 6 items I never wear, to make way for the 6 or so items I bought the last couple of months. To the donation pile...

BM's wardrobe was also easy. I picked just a few items that he had outgrown, to move to LM's room.

He seems awfully low on pants (that don't look like floods), so I presume I will be buying him some pants, come fall. Otherwise, he is good. (He's got ample school pants, and a pair or 2 of jeans, which should be ample for summer).

I dug through the "in between" bins to see if I had any stuff LM could wear for school in August. Funny, I had a few pairs of pants, but that is it. I found one school shirt in BM's closet that was on the small side (for BM).

BM's school shorts were like size 4. Oy vey. (He wears a size 7 pants - in order to reach his ankles). He is still wearing the same shorts I bought him for Kinder, 2 years ago. I presume that I will buy BM some new shorts in August, for BM, and will hand these shorts down to LM.

I opened up LM's drawers and just cringed. I had gotten rid of BAGS of stuff last fall or spring. I swear it was FALL? I knew there were more hand-me-downs in the bins - his size. Oy vey. I liberally tossed anything that looked tired, stained or worn, into the donation pile. There were also a fair amount of 2T/3T shorts that I tossed aside based on size alone. I am sure they still fit, but I had to narrow it all down somehow.

He's still got WAY too many clothes, but I basically have a giant bag to donate now.

It's sitting by the front door - charities come by every month or so. Will be able to just sit it on the curb within the month, I am sure.

He just gets so many hand-me-downs, from everyone. MIL has a knack for buying stuff for BM that doesn't fit. It gets used, eventually, by LM.

I really didn't expect I would have that many clothes to remove from LM's room. Yikes! I was also surprised how little of the hand-me-down size 5 clothing fit him. He is still wearing mostly 3/4, for shorts and shirts.

Admittedly, as the kids age, the "in between" bins get way more sparse. They basically are wearing the same size shorts at this point. BM can immediately hand his shirts down to LM. The only thing in the bins is really size 5 and 6 pants, that are a bit too big for LM, yet. & a few shirts that look on the large size for LM. So, it makes the whole shuffle much easier than in years past. Eventually they will just be the same size, I am sure, or we can at least skip the "in-betwen" time. They are 2 years apart.

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Next weekend, it's the toys. The kids have some old/baby-ish toys we can sell. I have a pile of stuff to clear out of my bedroom as well. It's strewn around from when we moved the shelves out of there and re-purposed them. I intend to sell most of it - just have been too busy to deal with it.