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In my house there is a term that the kids know, it is “Daddy Clean”. This means that things are cleaned up the way that Daddy wants them cleaned up. Most of the time this has to do with the living room. Our living room has the couch area where we relax and enjoy the TV. Allison knits on her side and I either play video games or work on blog posts on my side.

Then there is the side of the couch beyond my side that is the kids’ play area. We have Allison’s play kitchen that her mom had made for her when she was a kid. In it go all the Melissa and Doug play food pieces. Directly opposite that is a standing set of bins that each have their own type of toys and toy pieces. There are Hot Wheels, PlaySkool Heroes, Half-Shell Heroes, Rescue Bots and more. Along the wall are all the larger items like play sets and our over sized Robots in Disguise talking Bumblebee. Right next to the couch is a bookcase on its side with fabric bins that hold many of the miscellaneous toys that don’t really fit a specific category like McDonald’s toys and things like that. The middle of the entertainment center holds our Hess Toy Truck collection and in one cabinet of the entertainment center there are puzzles and more.

When things in the house are “Daddy Clean” it means that everything has been cleared out from under the couch and loveseat. Every single toy has been put back into its respective bin, drawer or shelf. The room is vacuumed and then all is right with the world… for about 2 days or less.

Prior to the Play Area being “Daddy Clean”.

We all worked together to make the play area “Daddy Clean”.

The toughest thing about keeping everything organized is that we continue to take in more toys. I review toys for fun and this blog and my YouTube Channel and vlog. Toys come in all through the year. Some I keep, some I give away. Friends and relatives benefit from these extra toys as do programs that we participate in like Christmas is for Kids. But there are always more coming in. Either from the reviews or ones that I pick up. I’m a collector and keeping things organized is a tough thing, even for my own things.

What I have found is that putting things in boxes if you don’t use them often is useful as long as you label the boxes. Occasionally a major purge is in order to remove those toys and games that the kids have outgrown. The special things are saved in labeled boxes and the rest are sold, given away, trashed or donated. Do this on a monthly basis and you will keep up on the chaos that comes with so many toys.

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