I have a five year old, a three year old, and a nine month old. I also have an infestation of toys. My house looks like a toy shop overflowed into it. We have four different types of building toys (Duplo, Mechano, Sticklebricks and Lego)
We have train sets, garages, and cars. We have hot wheels, happy land,remote control toys and a toy kitchen. We have dino land, and a whole host of bigger vehicles lining up in their room. Add to this jigsaws, games, craft stuff, games consoles, a marble run and a garden full of garden toys. We even have a bucket full of toys which don’t fit anywhere else. It really is ridiculous!
Added to all this chaos are the baby toys. Rattles and musical caterpillars jostle for space alongside activity centres. We could open a play centre and charge an entry fee.
The truth is I love toys, and I love buying them for my children. The child in me gets really excited by the huge range which are available to buy these days.
I am not completely responsible though. We have three children. That means three lots of Christmas presents. Three birthdays and a whole host of loving relatives wanting to add their toy to our mountain. What grandmother wants to buy clothes or school shoes. What aunt wants to buy swimming lessons.
This bounty of toys stresses me out. I am a control freak and it is impossible to keep it in order. I’m already fretting about the fact that baby Wonder Girl is a girl and with that comes different toys to add to the mix.
On the other side of the coin though is the fact that the toy years are short. Before I know it my children will no longer play with toys. The boys room will become a den of school books and smelly socks. Wonder Girl will be hankering after a hair straightener or the latest mobile phone.
So perhaps for now I should be grateful for the fact that my children have such great options. Who cares if Lego occupies my dining table and plastic robots roam my stairs? Childhood is short and sweet and my children are certainly not spoiled despite their bounty.
What do you think? Has your house been taken over by make believe ? Share your situations and help me feel better about mine.
(Super Kid is 5, Robo Boy is 3 and Wonder Girl is 9 months old)
We are just coming out of the toy stage. Still have army soldiers over some rooms but mostly the smelly socks and lynx combo!
Mmmm lynx and smelly socks , reminds me of my teenage stolen moments !
Well we have a 13 year old girl who is halfway between toys and teenage gismos and a 4 year old boy.
I love to buy for them and my mil has a shopping addiction she just never stopped with Amy thankfully shes not so bothered about shopping for a boy.
I have £100’s of pounds worth of soft toys in the loft for example.
We have a large playroom with built in shelves designed to take those large plastic storage boxes. we have about 50 boxes full plus the room looks like a nursery with a play kitchen and home corner, music area and so on.
But I love it that they have this space which will evole into a teenage hangout as Jake grows.
The childhoom years are so fleeting and its a pleasure to indulge them 🙂
I agree , why not enjoy it , it’s so fleeting.
Mine have a ridiculous amount of toys too. What started off as a tiny basket has now filled a room and they are still spread all over the house during the day! x
Exactly , I remember the days of a tiny basket and now we have three ikea toy storage units !
nothing to do with toy storage, but just saw this on pinterest and it made me think of you (can’t think why) http://ox0kristen0xo.deviantart.com/art/Make-ALL-the-things-purple-258489048
Love it. I really must get into pinterest it looks cool.
we have a ridiculous amount of toys, books and puzzles and the sad thing is i bagged up 2 bin bags worth after xmas with old toys. but they are not really old as i don’t think 2 years is old they are still in good condition, but we just don’t have the room for all of them. ok well we prob do but then there would be too many everywhere – more so than now. yet i cannot bring myself to chick them out so they are sat in my shed while i think what to do with them!! x
Sounds like you need to do a table top sale of some kind. Make a bit of cash and have a clear out.