Play Room

For those of you that have ever been to my house, you know that we have a "dining room" that has never been used for eating (unless gold fish and juice cups count).  Actually our dining room has never even had a table in it, or chairs, or anything that even resembles a dining room (except for a gold chandler that I really do not care for).

About 4 years ago, a strange thing happened.  It started very small and innocent, like a small wave that gently breaks on your toes at the beach.  We barely noticed at first.  In the beginning we even welcomed it until.....it began to take over.  It went from a small wave to a Tsunami consuming anything in its path.  It took over our dining room and began to spread to the rest of the house.  Until we decided that enough is enough, we had to take back the reins, show it who is boss, get back control and regain our home.  Of course what I have to be talking about is......the onslaught of TOYS!

Years ago we gave up our dining room to be a play room.  This past weekend we finally added a little bit of much needed organization to it.  It has made such a difference.  Now the kids get so excited to put things away.  So here is the before picture......

Ok, the sad thing is we had already picked up a little when I took this picture.  Isn't this horrible! 

And this is the After picture!  So much better!  The bins are all labeled with pictures so the kids can tell exactly what goes in each bin.