We have taken ten bin bags of rubbish out of little bear's room - yes, ten! We got rid of random jigsaw pieces, used up books of puzzles, stubs of pencils, battered crayons, toys beyond redemption, and all sorts of flotsam and jetsam. We put two full sized book cases in the room, which are looking comparatively stuffed, and we removed a desk that actually was more ornamental because you couldn't write at it, and a sort of storage unit that had just been used as a dumping ground for misplaced stuff.
We got a new reading lamp set up and he has a little corner where he has bookcases, a comfy chair and a little reading lamp. I replaced the duvet on the bed which was almost as old as him, and plumped up all the pillows.
We also moved furniture around, stashed a few bits for darling father's stall at the local table top sale, and relocated a box and a surplus bedside cabinet.
We haven't gone through his books, nor have we counted them. As there are lots of those really thin books, there are a lot in a relatively small space, so I shall look into thinning them out nearer Christmas. Last Christmas little bear easily got over fifty books, I don't know what his haul will be this year, but the books he gets are starting to become a bit thicker and will take up a lot more room.
While we were doing this little bear was with my sister in law. I had tentatively asked her whether she could have little bear for a while, like an afternoon, sometime between the end of August and Christmas. She very happily set the date for this weekend, said she would be happy to have him overnight, and picked him up at 9am. We haven't picked him up yet and it is 9.30am the next day. OH needs to do the tip runs first (he'll need to do more than one with all the cardboard packaging from the bookcases) and needs to call in to pick up something between 20% and 40% alcohol for my sister in law, who will not need thanking. She even bought a special bed for him - one of those inflatable ones. I am taking that as a hint.
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