After a full weekend of Birthday Fun involving a day at the wonderful world of Shamu, a dinner out at “Ruby’s on the bridge” (as the new three year old calls his favorite place–which sits at the end of our pier) and time spent with another little tow-headed three year old (“my very best friend ever and ever“), I thought I should tackle the explosion pile of junk that formerly kept residency in the cab of our four-door truck.
This, my friends, is the result:
Pictured:
Two beach towels, a sippy cup, five or ten works of art (brought home from Sunday School and the ChildWatch program at the gym… and promptly forgotten), a stack of junk mail three inches tall, several cards and letters, a few bills, a bib, sheet music, sunscreen, fancy smelling lotion, a jacket, two pairs of baby shorts (clean, too–what’s up with THAT?), three hats, a Pilates mat, a seat cover for spinning class, a uncomfortable carseat pillow, a funky hat (given to a child by an 18yo uncle who didn’t want it… so it can clutter MY house now. Thanks bunches, 18yo uncle), a golf ball (we don’t golf…ever), a ring sling, a bag of baby wipes, two wooden helicopters, and a big Target bag filled with old receipts, tissues, granola bar wrappers, stray toy packaging, paper cups and (don’t shoot me) a dried out banana peel.
So, um, what’s in YOUR car?
Please, someone, tell me I’m not the only one.
Anyone?
Crickets chirp…
Oh, you are SO not the only one. I routinely have that bag you described (with the trash, wrappers, and discarded fruit) hanging out in my car. It’s a good intention, right? Since all the trash is in one place?
In my trunk right now, there is a stroller, baby seat, can of breadcrumbs that escaped the grocery bags, two or three blankets, the box her new car seat came in, random trash and a box to drop off at FedEx. I’m sure there’s more that I’m not aware of…
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I have all of that plus the cow manure that my husband tracked in this weekend. I’m thinking that he owes me a detailing this week. :)
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It’s definitely not just you. I just don’t have the guts to show a picture of what I clean out of our van.
And my word, the art projects! Three girls. Three Sunday School classes. Children’s Church. Wednesday night kids’ program. It never ends! :)
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Oh, I hear ya. I can claim the afore mentioned cow manure, along with dog hair in the back. At one point, I even had a 1/2 dozen of bright green calf banders (used for the…eh…castration of bull calves *grin*) floating around. Jackets and coats are what collect the most. And cups from the house.
Thanks for reminding me of another chore…
:P
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You aren’t the only one with ‘stuff’ in the car. Recently, I filled an entire 13-gallon garbage sack with trash, papers, pictures that were,um, torn..etc. That doesn’t include the ‘stuff’ we call ‘keepers’.
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Oh no, my dear. You’re not alone. I’m pretty sure my car can top yours, but let’s not hold a contest ok? I don’t really want to win. ;)
Sippy cups are what collect mostly in our car. Those, and random toys Caleb decides must come traveling with us. Then there’s all the dirt and sand he tracks into the car after playing at the beach/park/great outdoors.
How are you, by the way? :)
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Our old vehicle used to collect everything. We traded in the Rendezvous for a Grand Caravan about 3 weeks ago and in preparation cleaned it out. We have (yet to go through) a garbage bag full and a small box full of stuff that came out of it including but not limited to: cds, makeup, nail polish remover, mail, happy meal toys, music, books, a 3″ binder, games, calculators, various writing utensils, etc. That’s not counting the trash that went into a separate bag :-s
I have high hopes for the van. Since it’s brand new (and the fact that we really want to keep it clean) we have instilled the rule “kids don’t get to eat or drink in the car”. They can have a water bottle with a screw-on lid.
The sad part is that the Rendezvous didn’t even have that many hiding places. I’d hate to see the van if I let them just have at it. (It’s got stow-n-go so there’s lots of hiding places. I think it’s just a fact of life when you have kids, as I was talking about with my neighbor a couple days ago.
Wouldn’t it be nice if the Staples Easy button worked on cleaning up after kids? :) lol
~Rebekah
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Wow, I just cleaned out my car and it was way worse than yours. Didn’t have a banana peel, but tons and tons of crumbs and uh, cheerious! ;)
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u r not the only one.;)
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You’re definitely not the only one. LOL. Me and the girls just cleaned out my van today. I think it just comes with being a mom of kids…..
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That DOES sound like my car . . . I think, I need to make an appointment with my car every week, to bring in all the extras that so magically appear there. I always find a string of straggling toys, papers from hither and yon, a bible or two . . . the list goes on and on. Its no wonder you could amuse us with a complete post on the subject :D
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Well, my trunk is semi-permanentaly full. It is has an emergency medical pack, oxygen tank pack, defibrillator, c-collar pack, and a couple wool blankets and my bright orange jacket we use for car accident scenes.
Other than that my car stays pretty clean. But it does make it interesting to go grocery shopping and try to cram it in with all the medical gear! :)
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My 2 year old son has an obsession with sticks, and just this morning I spotted 2 enormous sticks that have come to call the the back seat of my rocking minivan home. How weird is that?
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Oh girl, I don’t even want to know what is in the backseat of my car. Kudos to you for being brave enough to look! :)
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Sounds like fairly normal car-stuff for a mommy with under-tens to me … !
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I love you Ashleigh. It’s normal. We get all that stuff too. Except Tyler has become the van sweeper. I make it his job every time he leaves the car to empty the car. Then it’s my job to trash or put away things once he gets it all in the house and dumps it by the front door :)
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Hahah :) uhhh yeah, all that times two! :D
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Yep… it’s pretty scary, isn’t it?!?
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