This afternoon I (we) took some huge bags of clothes & toys to the British Heart Foundation shop, then did a brief trawl of Ormskirk’s charity shops for a suitable compensatory item for each of the kids. After a brief awkward moment by the doll’s houses in Barnardo’s (at 40 quids still a bit much for no-special-occasion, although quite a bargain)\u00a0 we settled on a pink cotton sweater to be repurposed for Lily, a “February” fairy doll and a Scooby Doo tin. All in, many tangible donations and \u00a34.50 in actual cash forked over, and we can nearly see the floor in the spare room again.<\/p>\n
The down side? Joel was upset about me giving away his baby toys, so they each got to choose a couple from the bag to keep (stacking rings, peter rabbit, jack-in-the-box and the phone which Lily first tried to throw in the bin 5 years ago), so they haven’t all gone. I remembered the big bag of really-baby toys in the garage, though, so they’ve gone as well. And Joel tripped over when we were offloading, resulting in actual blood and everything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This afternoon I (we) took some huge bags of clothes & toys to the British Heart Foundation shop, then did a brief trawl of Ormskirk’s charity shops for a suitable compensatory item for each of the kids. After a brief … Continue reading