Personally, I'd sell the majority of your gear. It has some sentimental value but, at the end of the day, it's just stuff. The happy times they will buy with your kids will be worth more than money.
Keep one bass, flog the amps and other gubbins and buy a wee practice amp off here. That way you can have a little noodle around if the mood takes you.
One thing I'll say above all else - please don't stop posting here just because you're not as musically active as you were. You're a valued poster and I'm sure many of us would miss you. We've lost too many good guys recently - don't be a stranger!
Not music related but I've always loved the story of the stand up comedian who started his act with the line, "Hello, I'm schizophrenic."
A voice in the audience calls out, "Well, you can both f**k off, then!"
Elvis Costello and Bruce Thomas have fallen out pretty badly it seems.
From Wikipedia...
Bruce Thomas made a brief appearance with his former bandmates when the group was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2003, but when Costello was asked why Thomas did not play with them at the event, he reportedly replied, "I only work with professional musicians."[
Colin Moulding of XTC.
Jah Wobble and Peter Hook were bass players only at first but then sang with their own projects (Invaders of the Heart, Revenge, Monaco, etc)
Blues songwriting legend Willie Dixon was also a bassist and singer (and guitarist but we won't hold that against him).
"I only have three chairs in the house: one for the wife, one for me, and one for a guest. No more. One guest at a time - that's my philosophy. You don't want your house turning into a hippy commune." - Mark E. Smith, Renegade.