Moving Hack: The Toy Stash

While packing for the move to Beijing, I stashed a bunch of toys and activities. Most of these were from birthday gift bags, times when I was weak and practiced retail therapy while my kids were there, etc. Others they had basically outgrown but I hadn’t tossed yet. Each toy only captivated the kids for 5 minutes at a time, so if we lose one at an airport, it's not the end of the world.

Then the night before we finally got our visas and could fly to Beijing, the kids chose three to keep in their backpacks. I donated the rest and poof! Crappy plastic toys are gone!