Moving with young kids is hard.
I have been packing and moving since Saturday, and I am not even half way there. So far, I have found that there are at least two reasons why this is a bad idea.
The first, and main, reason is kids have so much stuff, especially babies! Drama has her bath tub, rocking chair, play pen, bed, diapers, tons of clothes, not to mention her HUGE toys. With Pickle, I am absolutely amazed at how much one kid can accumulate in just 5 years! He has has so many clothes. This is mostly my fault. (I have a slight addiction to buying cute clothes for my kids. What mom doesn't?) Don't even get me started on his toys.
The second reason moving with kids is a bad idea is because they want to help. Yes, I know they mean well, and I am truly grateful that I have caring kids who want to help. The problem is, as most parents know, sometimes their help is not exactly help. At first, Pickle didn't want to pack his toys, because he wanted to play with them and because he was a little scared that he would lose them some how in the move. Once he got over this, he started packing the boxes, but the toys never went int he way he wanted. He repacked this one box five times! After the third time, the box ripped down the side and had to be taped. On the fifth time, I distracted him by telling him how great of a job he was doing and asking him to go find more toys. I taped the box shut while he was gone.
Drama wanted to help too. Every time I left a box open and unattended, she took it upon herself to empty the box.......one thing at a time.
I used to think that the only reason people hired movers was because they were rich or lazy, know I know it is because they are SMART!
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