This past weekend brought change. Major Minor change. (Rest assured, the boys did head to the pond in the afternoon, though no fish were caught.) As a result of the change, this is a Two for Tuesday photo segment.
Tired of battling the many and the major toy and Lego explosions, I sat down with Rob to see if we could come up with a plan to handle the mess. He and I agreed confining the toys in one room would be the best plan of action to contain future explosions.
We called the boys to the table to let them know what was happening. The news of having to share a room was very well received. In fact, the news of keeping the new ‘playroom’ clean was well received, too. Joe and Charlie agreed to clean the room twice a month on Fridays. This Friday is their first day on the job. The job is huge.
Godspeed, Boys.
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Lenore's Thoughts Exactly 
I so need a new house with space for a toyroom for my two boys
Hello Mr. Bunny Chow. I hope you do find a new house, and I hope your boys do well with keeping the toy room clean. (smile)
Lookin’ at the clean-up job, the boys may last five minutes before they are calling for mom to bail them out … uh, make it three minutes.
Blessings – Maxi
Rest assured, Maxi, this here Mom is not going to bail them out. I may submit to keeping the door closed, but I will not clean up that mess. By the way, I’m giving them 2 minutes. (smile)
Best wishes to Joe and Charlie for their first day on the job. 🙂 They must be waiting for this Friday. 🙂
Thanks, Arindam. This morning Joe challenged me and said he meant next Tuesday. Nope. It’s Friday. HE wrote it on the calendar.
Baskets, woven, canvas or rubber tubs, are needed here. Or maybe cardboard boxes. The boys will enjoy the experience of rooming together. Change is good. Good luck on Friday.
They have it all, Georgette. The Legos have a special bin, and the toy chest you see in the picture is empty. Storage is available – they just have to use it. (smile)
Great solution to everyday problem. I wonder, are those guys really gonna clean up the play room? Hmmm.
I wonder too, Linda. But, I don’t mind closing the door and hiding the mess within a toy room. However, stepping all over things in two separate bedrooms was ridiculous. As long as their bedroom stays clean, I’m fine with a chaotic playroom. (Again, I will close the door.)
All I see is that awesome forest outside and I want to live there. I’ll keep the room clean, I promise!!
So, you see the forest for the trees, eh? Ha. Kidding.
Kim, our door is always open. You are welcome to visit any time.
HAH!
Yeah, you laugh because you don’t live here.
I remember those days 🙂
Me, too. Back when I was a kid. 🙂
Hi,
It is a great idea to have a toy room, very good thinking, but I have a feeling you may be doing a lot of the cleaning up. 🙂
Nope, nope, nope. I’m not going to clean it. Those boys will take on the responsibility or risk losing toys and privileges. Twice a month is not asking too much. If it is – their collection of stuff gets smaller. 🙂 I know, I know – I’m a mean Mom.
Oh, that’s not so bad, you can still see the carpet : )
Yeah – I should have used my HD camera lens. Wait. I don’t have one.
I’m glad you have the space to do this. When our daughter was that age, we visited a friend’s house, and they had a designated toy room. It wasn’t long before we had one, too! Now it’s full of grown-up toys, it’s our exercise room. 🙂
I am grateful for the space, Patti. And, I am grateful we can put the boys in one room. Here’s to your ‘adult’ room. (I think playing with Legos is more fun than exercising.) 🙂
I think you’re right about that! LOL
Excellent idea. We have a large playroom downstairs and it is covered in Barbie shoes, Polly Pockets and Legos. Once in awhile we get inspired enough to pick it up, but mostly I just close the door behind me–feels good.
I love the fact that closing a door is so easy, don’t you? The clean-up is all on the boys. We’ll see what happens.
What a great idea! I think it will work great.Legos will be the end of us…
Stasha, my love/hate relationship with Legos is strong. I love the time the boys spend playing with the Legos – I hate the mess they leave behind, even when they ‘clean’. Organization is not my thing. Kinda like math.