Organization rocks!!!

I found this wonderful idea for organizing ribbon rounds on Pinterest and it made so much sense I had to try it.  Also, i'm amazed by the creativity of some people!  As you know, we have a lot of stuff and very little storage space.  This is compounded by the fact that a.) we have a toddler who has a lot of stuff and is messy and b.) I also have a lot of crafting products.  I've converted half the guest bedroom closet into craft storage, and it's enough, but not perfect or organized.  So here's my new trick:

This would be my "bucket of ribbon."  Yes, there's a lot and yes, it's messy.

Bought these cute little pant hangers off ebay.  They have a swinging arm.

 
This is my ribbon pushed onto the hanger "arms".  First let me say, I thought I had way more ribbon, and now that I have more space to store it, I can add to the collection!  Loving it and it just hangs in my "craft closet".

It's confirmed.....we are total pushovers!

So, our sweet precious little boy has been telling us that he "needs" a pet.  Of course our curiousity was peaked because really, what does a two-year-old consider a pet?  They have a guinea pig at school for a pet, we of course reminded him that he does, in fact, have two pets:  Boots and Rocco. The reply? "Nooooooo Waaaaaay!  They not pets!"  He has been telling us he needs a pet fish.  And he  constantly wants us to read a particular book that has a pet fish.  Today we obliged (he's spoiled, we know!), but the smiles were worth far more than $5 worth of fish and a Wal-Mart aquarium starter set!

While daddy's away..........

Well today begins the seasons upon seasons of hunting as it's the opening of Dove season.  Eyler always wants to go hunting with daddy, and since he's much too little (and too loud) to go, we always do something fun to appease him and make sure it's just as fun to stay home with mommy as it is to go with daddy.  Blackmail?  Maybe............

So here's our fun today.  I bought some cheap Barbasol shaving cream and colored it with basic food coloring.  Eyler used it in the bathtub to "paint".  It turns the water nasty brown with all the combining of colors (and he smells a little like an old man), but he had a blast and I din't think I was ever going to get him out of there.