Week 8: Fletcher's Room

Because week 8 of my mission was the final week of summer, I was feeling a little bummed. I should have been done by now. Not to say that the house isn't tremendously better than the day back in June when I hung up the back packs and busted out the swim bag. But, still. It would have been nice to kick back in a clean house as soon as the kids headed off for school on day 1.

So, for the final week of summer, I thought I would tackle Fletcher's room. That way, at least he would get to start the school year off with a clean room. And, Vi's room was still in pretty good shape from back in June, so it made me feel like they'd both be in a good spot.

Fletcher's room was not going to be too tough - no icky mold or really old stuff to sort through. But, he does have one unique cleaning obstacle that no other part of the room suffers from. It's Lego-dustitis. See, the legos have the ability to leap off the table where they are supposed to be played with and spread themselves evenly about the carpet. This is probably because the table was really designed for someone half Fletcher's age, and so it's too small to actually play at. The problem then, isn't just the legos-layer that covers the room. It's that it is too hard to get to the ones at the far side of the table to play with, so they just get dusty. And, it's too scary to think I might vacuum up a lego Darth Vadar light saber (or my favorite - the mini figure maracas), so the carpet gets really dusty too. My nose scrunches up in a sneeze just thinking about it.

On top of the legos, Fletch doesn't like to part with things, so there is a lot of clutter. Old "plans" for Club Penguin igloos, puppets made with popsicle sticks, things that have beads and glue and feathers and that kind of stuff. It will be tough to figure out what to keep and what to toss. And, finally, Fletch's closet needs some work. This was the guest room before we had a second kid, so we used the closet to store things that we worth keeping, but kept out of the way, like sleeping bags and my wedding dress. Now that he actually has clothes and toys of his own, that stuff will definitely have to be pared back. (goodbye old ugly coat dress?)