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The post Christmas disaster
I can't count how many times I've pierced my foot with a giant lego or stumbled over a random piece of plastic shrapnel. Christmas was all about Nolan this year, and he got so many bleating electronics and plastic doo-hickies, I'm not sure how I'll get them all home.Actually, I'm scared to take them home, because our house is tiny and I'm wondering how everything will fit. We don't have a playroom, and the living room already houses a sofa, a TV, and my entire office. There is no room for the lego.
This article has some good tips on how to put toys away without making your house look like no kids live there. Among the suggestions I like is one to categorize toys in wicker baskets on a bookshelf, something I can do without taking up additional space in my crowded living room.
Now what to do about that atrociously annoying talking piano?
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12-31-2006 @ 7:44PM
Kimberly said...Batteryectomy.
And clear bins, while less aesthetically pleasing, are more practical once the kid gets older--that way he can see for himself what's what when he's looking for a toy, and, if you're very, very lucky, when it's time to tidy up.
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12-31-2006 @ 10:27PM
Jenn said...We use the baskets on the shelf, and I try to keep things categorized. Maddie is only 10.5 months at this point; half her play time is spent happily taking things out of the basket, and then putting them back in. I know this will change, but with our small house and the living room the play rooms as well, it's the easiest option we've got.
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1-01-2007 @ 5:32AM
Anne said...We're lucky to have the kids' rooms right off of the living room, so we've deemed that their toys live in their rooms. Wynter brings stuff out and plays with them but soon or later, they get bundled back up and put back in her room. The only toys that are housed in the living room are her blocks, books and pushcar.
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1-01-2007 @ 10:01AM
Jill said..."Toy library" Not all toys have to be accessible at once. Pick three or four and then rotate new toys in and out. He'll enjoy them more and you can save the noisy toys for when the gift giver is visiting so she can see how hard it is to carry on an adult conversation while the noisy toy she bought is blasting in everyone's face. Payback to the inlaw, occasional fun use of the obnoxious toy for Nolan without constant pain of having it out every day for you.
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1-01-2007 @ 9:11PM
cathy said...you already might have thought of this one, but how about leaving most or some at your parent's place so that he will have some fresh ones there when you visit. Or if you need some storage, one word.. IKEA.
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