garbage....

am i the only mom who tries to sneak "stuff" out only to be BUSTED by my kids?! do they really expect us to keep every little handprint and kindergarten drawing? i know, i know...the guilt as i shove glued on googly-eyed construction paper as far down into the kitchen garbage as i can....is nearly overwhelming. but at SOME point, we have to let it go, right??  i thought i was wise, the way i strategically buried it beneath the gunkystinky old chicken parts, but somehow these childhood masterpieces end up goobercovered back on my kitchen counter. and standing beside it is a doe-eyed child w/the "how could you?" look on his face.  REALLY? i don't remember going through the garbage when i was their age.... how do they find these things???

kids these days. :(  it reminds me of the photographers' strategy that they use to try to get us to pay through the nose for their packets. they take pics at school of our kids, no matter what they look like (food on face, hair sticking up, dirty t-shirt...oh! did i say that? do my kids ever look that way?!) and then they show the packets. they tell us that if we don't buy them, they will go to the shredder. bah. i only fell for that on the newborn shots. you want to keep a school picture of my boys? merry Christmas. enjoy. :)
...and if you want? i'll even throw in a kindergarten artwork.  :)

i have to add this little postscript:  after writing this post, i came up w/the idea of letting the boys throw their own "stuff" away. i told them i'll take pictures of them WITH their artwork, and they can look at them anytime they want. on the computer. they readily agreed when they saw that their little turkeys were being torn off the wall by the dogs. :) happe boys? happe mom. :)