De-clutter toy room, check!

SO since my last post I feel a little more calm…
Like, pretend this was my brain:

(Photos of the toy room on Saturday morning)
The doorway:

To the right:

To the left:

 
All in all I pretty much wanted to throw up.

 
It was time to sort through EVERYTHING.  But I was motivated.  I realized that with so much stuff everywhere, the kids hardly knew how to clean and hardly knew what to play with.  I mean who wants to play in a room where you cannot even sit down?  Or find anything?!  Yes, time to de-clutter once more.
 
And after HOURS of chucking, grouping things together, wa-LaH!  My brain now!

Mmm anyone see any whining in this picture?

Aren't before and after pictures the best? 
 
Good-bye trash and broken toys:

 
Good-bye toys we don't need,/don't get played with/DI worthy toys.  They are in my van if anyone wants them!

 
 
I had to snap those after pictures FAST, I am like NO PLAYING WITH THE TOYS YET!!!  LET ME ENJOY IT IN IT'S NATURAL STATE!  But it is pretty awesome, less IS more.  The kids are playing in the toy room!  With toys they haven't played with in forever!  And they are cleaning up their messes right away!  I just did this last April, and I know this won't be the last time, but for now I shall enjoy it for a bit.   It really makes me want to go room to room and declutter everything!!! 
 
The kids were very cooperative and understood when I explained we didn't need so many things and we were giving some toys away.  They even would hand me things and tell me, "Mom you can give this away." 

So, yes, cleaning helped my mood quite a bit.  It is quite therapeutic to take out your stress on unsuspecting toys.

I have not flipped out in the last few days.  Trying to be patient, yet definitely not tolerating whining.  Aren't you proud of me!!
 
The whining and fighting levels have gotten SO much better, at least to levels I can handle.  I really do have good kids, I feel lucky a lot of times, but, you know... not perfect!!!!
 
I feel more like myself.
 
It's nice.
Oh, and another thing that lifted my spirits is finding out we are having a GIRL!!!
 
We were totally good either way, but I did really think boy, so Nate wins yet another bet.  We are excited!  No more even teams around here!