Motivated Confusion

I started this week really motivated. On Monday I went through the kids art supplies and workbooks. I thought this would take me a really long time, but I just had to get rid of some stuff and put the rest away. The only thing I don't know what to do with are the crayons. Alex loves to color so I want them easily accessible, but Edison loves to eat crayons so I want them out of his way. We have a little kids table and chair that is perfect for Alex to color on, but Edison wont leave him alone. I was thinking about giving Alex a spot on my craft desk to color (since it is so clean) but I don't have a chair that I think Alex would be fine sitting on. I think the folding chair would fold up and he would fall off the stool. When do kids stop eating crayons?

By Tuesday I had all the pictures I needed for Alex's baby book uploaded to Costco and had the paper picked out for the other pages I was going to do. I should have assigned myself more to do this week because I was feeling motivated and I never seem to do more than I plan on.

I was going to do more, but I wasn't sure what to do. My next project was going to be the toys in the play room. I have a place for everything, but everything wont stay in it's place. So this week I was looking at all the toys on the floor and thought about what my kids have played with recently. Nothing! My kids played with nothing that was on the floor they have been doing other things. So I picked something up and put it away. As soon as I put it away my kids grabbed it and said they wanted to play with it. So again nothing was put away. The main problem is that most things are in Edison's reach. If I put anything on the shelf he takes it right off. So what do I do? I was thinking about high shelves on the wall where they could see the toys but not reach them. That way they would have to ask for a toy instead of grabbing them all. But would that really happen? I envision them climbing things to reach the toys and then falling off and getting hurt. I thought about a cabinet, but if they can't see it they will forget about it and I'm worried about them climbing on that and it falling on them. So really, what should I do? Should I just wait for Edison to get older? Here is what the playroom looks like clean. Notice the nice clean paper cupboard.


So while I figure that out I've decided the weather is (hopefully) warm enough to bring out the kids shorts and put away all the clothes that don't fit. I've been throwing all the outgrown clothes in the bottom of the closet and it is getting full.

I'm also going to finish 3 pages for Alex's baby book. That's it for this week, that and just keep working on what I've been doing.