So I have an issue and I am having a hard time coming up with the answer. Since my first baby entered school I have kept every piece of paper they have brought home. I have weekly classroom updates from Mrs. Coyote's kindergarten class, I have every lunch menu sent home for the last 5 years...well technically I have 2 for every month for the last 3 years. Every homework assignment, every picture painted, every name list for valentines, every scrap that came home I have kept in separate boxes, one for each kid for each separate year for fear of tossing something very important.
Did you know that after a while these boxes start to pile up! I have many more years of all these papers coming home. I had gone looking for some type of storage boxes when Sky was in 1st grade in hopes of more secure storage but now I am starting to think I need to let some of this paper go. I could keep some of the art projects, although the schools we have attended have not been much into that kind of thing.
Of course not everything is a nice neat 81/2 by 11 sheet either, there are the odd big pictures and 3d projects...the really big stuff this last couple years I have tried to take picture of because in this small house it doesn't take long for that stuff to get ruined in the boys room and I just have not had the space to store it.
Will my boys think I am horrible if I toss out a bunch of these papers? What should I keep and what should I toss? I have lots of reminders sent home about various activities at school. I can toss those correct? Or should I scrap that stuff? Or should I scan every sheet and save them on a hard drive?
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