Note to Mommies with little ones: They are no less messy when they feed themselves.
Clare helping "Clean up" by pulling out every bin onto the floor
Playing in the bin with Broby
Wild hair...She almost has Kate Gosselin's reverse mullet.Clare loves the new bins we put in the living room to hide all of her toys. She has already pulled almost every single one out. And climbed in the bins. And the actual piece of furniture.
The worst offense was when she started mixing the toys up. Just picking one piece of a toy out of each bin and moving to the next. It's as if she knows that I'm crazy and this will finally put me over the edge.
So.
Thirsty Thursday is the name of the game. Yesterday, I had a terrible migraine, so it was less than fun out our house. I plan on making up for lost time tonight with a big, giant bottle of wine. Or a few beers. Or maybe a diet cranberry and vodka.
Or maybe all 3 if she keeps moving her toys.
Maybe you should make a list of what toys belong where. That should calm you down and yes, I am making fun of you! Love you!!!!
ReplyDeleteOr label each bin with precisely what belongs in it with a label maker...that way Clare can refer to the outside of the bin when she cleans up each night! :) HA
ReplyDeleteThat is exactly what I wanted to do!
ReplyDeleteErin, you'll love this.
I was telling Chris the story last night about her moving toys from one bin to another and how crazy it made me.
His response? Well, What the heck do you think is going to happen WHEN I clean up her toys?
I should have said, I'll take my chances, based on the # of times he cleans up her toys. But, I was totally shocked it wasn't obvious. I mean, the organizational system was pretty self explanatory.
1. Put all the toys back together at the end of the night (ensure every toy has every piece; do not stop looking under every surface until you've found all of the parts. No, they are not lost, we had this morning and Clare doesn't yet drive, so find them).
2. Pull out the bins and place totally complete toys back into like itemed bins (ex. stuffed animals, large books together, baby doll together, fake food together)
For goodness sakes, it's only 2 steps.
He looked at me like I had lost my mind.
So, Erin, back me up on this one. You're with me, right?
I can't wait to visit so Monkey can pull out all of the bins and show me her toys. Then we can mess them up and put them back.
ReplyDeleteAunt Lisa,
ReplyDeleteAssuming you put them back per the aforementioned directions, you will be permitted to play with the toys. Otherwise, no such luck;)
I was NOT going to follow the aforementioned instructions and if you keep me from playing with the toys, I will have Monkey throw a temper tantrum. I remember how easily embarrased you were as a child by Heather's TTs.
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