Most people who know us know that we love books. I think I get more excited than the boys at Christmas and birthdays when they receive new books. I joke that the boys have their own little library, but in fact, its true. There is a poster hanging above Logan's bed that reads, "never enough books." So true! We spent Saturday organizing the play room. It was a task that had needed to be done since Christmas, but I kept putting it off. The boys received new toys for Christmas and when we got home the toys were put in the playroom. We just sat them on the floor in the play room and the boys had a very limited space in which they could play because of it. So, on Saturday we tackled the play room. The boys tried to help, which was nice, and we eventually had everything in its place and the floor was once again clear of toys. I was telling my best friend about it and her response was, "it will be organized until Monday." Well, I am happy to report that it is Monday and the playroom is still organized. Well, for the most part, that is.
We keep all of the boys' books in their bed room. It is where we read our bedtime stories so it seemed to be the logical place to keep them. The boys received several wonderful new books for Christmas and we needed to make room for the new books. (Again, I am not complaining. Feel free to give my boys books anytime. We welcome them!) Don't you just love it when an idea pops in your head? What is even better is when it pops in your head after something your five-year-old son says. We have used square, fabric lined baskets stacked on top of each other as a book shelf for a while now, but all the books wouldn't fit. I was standing in the room looking around trying to decide where to put the new books when Alex held a paper back book against the wall and jokingly said, "hang them on the wall, mom." (I am assuming this was in reference to my constantly saying, "where will we put it? Hang it from the ceiling?") I stood there for a minute and BAM! the idea just popped into my head! We took several of the paper bound books and hung them on a ladder-like shelf (broken baby bed) that was in the garage. It worked perfectly and Alex was VERY excited about it. "It looks really cool, mom!" The boys can easily get the books down to look at on their own and made room for the new books we received.
So, everything is in its place. For now at least!
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