large chunks of the last few days have been spent sorting through tashi's old clothes. i have big blue bins full of her clothes from newborn through second grade. i decided to dive in, and start pulling out all the gender neutral items. there was high gender neutral success until about 12 months. after that, serious girlie time.
so i'm setting things aside for a few local friends that have wee girls, and i am washing and washing and washing because the stuff smells musty. some of the items lived in a california storage cell for a year, then a damp ann arbor basement, then an equally damp charlottesville root cellar, and now our garage. but there are no signs of mold or mildew, and it seems that smell washes away with each load.
there is some nostalgia of course, weeding through so many precious garments that have adorned tashi through the years. i have a bag of things i just can't part with. and i'm probably only half way through the bins. there are a few toys hidden between layers of clothing. what a joy to imagine my own child's small hands at this again.
funny to think that i once dressed tashi in a king's suit.
and i am falling apart over this striped mousie suit. i'm so glad it's a keeper.
perhaps this is why i'm not drinking enough water?
i just can't keep that loki away from my glass, and each time, have to dump it out and start over with a new glass. toxoplasmosis anyone? didn't think so. . .
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