Cleanup cleanup, let's do it together

That's what our kids sing when they pick up toys at night before bed.  I tried an experiment this week of separating the toys out by which kid plays with it the most and putting it in their designated backpack.  2 of the kids dump their toys out on a daily basis, the 3rd (our middle kiddo) has kept all of her in her backpack since I first separated them out.  While doing this has helped us to see which toys they're actually playing with, it has backfired some since the living room is still a royal mess most of the day.  I'm half tempted to go back to using a toy chest that the kids used when they were younger so they can just dump all their toys in there and pull out what they want.  Daddy worked on cleaning up his workspace today so he can get back into some of his craft projects later this week.  I worked on going through some of our old financial papers today and cleared out a lot of paper clutter...the shredder (and the grill when we use it) are going to be busy!  I decided on a decluttering plan this weekend - I am going to only work on paper and physical clutter on the weekends when I have time to separate it out and really focus in on it.  During the weeknights, I am going to start working on my digital "clutter" after I get home from work.  We were talking this weekend and realized that we are starting to run out of space on our hard drives (yes, plural).  So, I'm going to start looking over what is on my computer to see what can be deleted and what needs to be dealt with/reorganized.  Wish me luck!