Picture of the Day

 

       What do you see here? Clutter? A messy room? Those are very valid things to see when presented with a picture like this. But do you want to know what I see, I see memories. I see that a child here had so much fun. I mean don't get me wrong, I also see very painful moments of accidentally stepping on a toy in the middle of the night and the countless hours it would take to clean up after a toddler. But it's beautiful. It's chaotic and messy and time consuming all in the same.
       My daughter turned one this weekend and we had a huge birthday party for her. And she got a lot of toys. Man oh man the first thing my husband said was where are we going to put all of these. Who cares. I have already accepted that the next few years of my life will be messy.
       I am ok with a messy house and a messy kid and being messy myself. In those messes, what you don't see as an outsider is how much fun it was to create them in the first place. Imagine a child laughter as they dump their entire toy box on the floor. Imagine how proud they are when they can create something with their toys. If you can do that, then you would see his picture as beautiful as well. Because that's what it is, it's beautiful.
       If you are not one who likes messes all that much, there are so many awesome organizational ideas for childrens playrooms. check out HGTV's website for ideas!