My children are growing up fast. My daughter is 16 and my boy is already in junior high school.
我的孩子们长得很快。女儿16岁了，小儿子也开始读初中了。
As they get bigger, our house seems to get smaller.
随着他们的成长，房子显得越来越小了。
So we want to sell some of our things in a yard sale and give the money to a children's home.
于是我们打算在卖场卖掉些物品，然后用换来的钱给孩子们的房间置办点东西。
We have already cleared out a lot of things from our bedrooms.
我们已经从各自卧室里清理出很多物品。
We have decided to each sell five things that we no longer use.
我们也决定每人卖掉5件不再使用的物品。
My son was quite sad at first. Although he has not played with his old toys for a long time, he still wanted to keep them.
儿子起初有点难过。虽然那些旧玩具伴随了他很长的时间，但是他还是舍不得卖掉。
For example, he has owned a train and railway set since his fourth birthday, and he played with it almost every week until he was about seven.
比如说，在他四岁生日那天，他拥有了一个小火车和铁路。从那以后一直到他7岁的时候，他几乎每周都和小火车愉快地玩耍。
And he did not want to lose his toy monkey, either. He slept next to the monkey every night when he was a child.
并且他也不想卖掉玩具熊。他很小的时候就和玩具熊一起睡觉。
My daughter was more understanding, although she also felt sad to part with certain toys.
女儿虽然懂事点，但是和她的玩具分开的时候还是有点难过。
As for me, I did not want to give up my football shirts, but, to be honest, I have not played for a while now. I am getting older, too!
对于我来说，我不想放弃我的足球衣，但是说实话，我也不是经常踢球。我也老了。
