I have a box for each and keep a semester's worth and then toss it and start again. Anything that they are especially proud of is kept in a different box and at the end of the year we go through it together and decide what is kept. Most of DD's stuff last year got tossed when she brought home her portfolio from school. Any special projects like father's day, mother's day etc are kept forever.
I got caught last year when I threw out a few things and DD asked for them to show somebody. She got so upset when I said I'd thrown it away.
Just wondering if you guys have thought of scanning things into your computer and keeping the memory that way? You can still keep a few of the significant things but the stuff you scan you can throw out or give away.
Another thing to do for school years is at the end of the school year, each child gets a display folder, they normally have 20 clear pocket sleeves in them and dont take up much room. You get to fill it up with writing sample, awards from the year, artworks, birthday and Christmas cards.
I used to, but with 3 at school now there is just way to much. I have kept their first books that they brought home and ditched the rest. I keep them though if there is significant blank paper remaining in them, so they can use it for scrap paper to draw with at home.
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