The Great Clothes Migration

Okay, it is spring, in Michigan, and so what do we do? We try to figure out the weather and make the appropriate switches in clothing so that the children don't
A) Freeze
B) Melt
C) have nothing to wear!

So comes the bi-annual GREAT CLOTHES MIGRATION, which you just have to write in capital letters. When you have 10 kids, both boys and girls in all sorts of sizes, this is a major undertaking! All in all, it takes about a week, including getting all the winter clothes out of their drawers (sorted into what may fit in the fall, and what won't and what is good enough to pass on, what we may sell in a garage sale and if the next child in line likes it or not!). Next comes bringing up the bins. Who needs a stairmaster, I use the stairs! It is funny how it just takes over everything...the washer and dryer, the living room, the bedrooms, and my life for a whole week, but is does. Every time. Twice a year.

The good thing about THE GREAT CLOTHES MIGRATION is that they kids are so excited to see the "new" clothes. Naturally every season they will need some new stuff, but this is really exciting for them, even to see their little sibs wear their favorite stuff from the previous year. Wouldn't change it for the world.
And, for the next few weeks, at least, all my 35 bins of clothes are all organized...well, maybe not!!
~kristin