Reflexions of Living in a house with no clutter

Ok, so it has been two weeks since we got here. Here are some of my thoughts about living simple:

1. We have saved money on gas, which in return we can use to try all the delicious food here and do other fun stuff. We haven't used the car except to go to church, oh and once to go to the library because I got fed up of waiting for a bus that never came!! but then I was sorry about driving because I so much hate to parallel park!!!  I feel more active since we either walk or bike to places we want to see, sometimes we take the train.

This was our ride to one of the Islands (7.5 miles one way)

2. We have been doing really well with the clothes and shoes we brought. I was even feeling bad for bringing one pair that I haven't used yet, and I don't think I will. The girls have been able to wear different outfits just by matching up their shorts and shirts in different ways. Same for us, I think it was a good amount of clothing to bring and it even made me think of how much simpler I can live when I go back home.There are a lot of things in my house that I don't really need, (granted this is summer, you always need less clothes in the summer :0) and I live in a two bedrooms house! But believe me, for two weeks, I haven't felt stressed by messes caused by clothes on the floor, or shoes everywhere in the closet, or mounds of laundry to do!! I have done one load in two weeks and in was a small one! I LOVE IT! I feel like I have more time to spend with my girls, I have been able to read my book and have started knitting again, the less you have, the less messy it is and there is more good energy in the house!

3. I have not spend time yelling at the girls to clean their room because they have just enough to keep them happy that they do a "quick pick up" every night, ON THEIR OWN!! I know, I didn't believe it myself when I heard it first, but it is true. For me this means that they have too much junk in their room back home, things they never really play with.  They have not said even once "I miss this". They have big imaginations and make up so many scenarios with the dolls they have that sometimes I wonder where they get it all. The Barbies were good only for a couple of days, then they went in the closet, I haven't seen then at all, but their American Girl Dolls have been the stars in all of their imaginary scenarios. (Except for one time I found them pretending to be owls. The couches where their nests, their blankets their wings, and their stuff animals, their preys!! je je je, it looked like fun.) They are so into their imaginative stories they wake up and pick up where they left off. Sometimes I have to beg them to go out with me to see the city!  KIDS REALLY ONLY NEED THEIR IMAGINATIONS TO CREATE A WONDERFUL WORLD OF PLAY AND FANTASY.

Here they were pretending that they were bakers. They made lots of sand cakes and we were the customers. :)

What do you think of these three reflexions?