My kids are huge movie fans. Wait, scratch that. My LITTLE kids are huge movie fans. For some reason, my older ones don’t really enjoy them. But my younger kids could - and would - watch movies all day long, segue into the evening, and dream about movies at night. We own five dvd players (I can’t believe that I just typed that - I’m stunned) and three vcrs. We have a dvd player in the van.

For this reason, we own a ton of dvds and vhs tapes. Periodically, I feel as if I’m drowning in movies. I pull them all out of the cabinets, the drawers, under the sofa and in the storage console in the van. I match the orphan movie discs to the empty cases and then circulate them. The ones in the van tend to be in heavy rotation, so they make their way into the house and then I bring out new ones to keep them occupied while waiting for siblings at soccer or track or scouts or choir.

Sometimes, though, I realize that a movie has lived with us just a bit too long. We’ve outgrown The Wiggles, Bob the Builder and the Kids Love Spanish sets. It’s time to list them on Zwaggle and send them on their way to another, more deserving family, one who won’t pass them up for Mary Poppins and Hannah Montana. Not to mention High School Musical. Must.not.forget.that.one.

I’ve held on to these movies for a long time - I’ve been so busy that I didn’t want to take time to list them. Last night, I bit the bullet and marked out an hour to just get it done. You know what? It didn’t really take that long, and it was much easier than I thought. Why don’t you give it a try? I’ll bet you have movies laying around that your kids no longer watch. With any luck, you can trade that copy of Barney for a newer selection.

Like High School Musical II. Has anyone around here heard of that movie?

And a smelly one, apparently. At least if you come over to my house.

Three of my children play soccer. One runs cross country and plays football. The ones that play soccer, practice three times a week, so those cleats and shin guards, balls and soccer goals get heavy use. We’ve always saved every single pair of cleats passed our way, every set of shin guards and every ball. I’m not kidding you - we have an extra bureau in the garage and the top two are for shin guards, knee pads and football kicking tees. The bottom drawers hold all cleats, all the time. All of my friends and neighbors know that we save the equipment, and it’s not unusual for me to open the front door and stumble over a bag of donations. We’ll take ‘em - if we don’t need them right now, I know that one of the kids will need them sooner or later. That was of course until I discovered Zwaggle.

That’s the thing about sports gear - it really has a long life. You can pass it on to another family that can put it to good use long after your kids are done it. Looking through the listings on Zwaggle, there are tons of wonderful skates, cleats, a set of sparring gear, helmets, lacrosse pads - the list is seemingly endless. With my new knowledge of Zwaggle, I can now list those outgrown items, helping other families obtain the equipment that they need, and frolic in the extra space in my garage. Sweet!

Now that the spring sport season is headed to a halt - pardon me while I rejoice - take the opportunity to clean out the garage, the closet, the sports bags and list those outgrown and unneeded items. And then use your Zoints to purchase larger sizes.

And then steal away to enjoy a few sports free moments. Fall sports are just around the corner.