The Toys are in timeout!

I had reached that point where I would come into Gabriela's room with the blinders on because I didn't want to see the mess. But the truth was that I couldn't blame it on her. The room wasn't really set up in a way that she could maintain some order or hide her mess (which, let's be honest... we all have that messy drawer somewhere!). So, last weekend we went on an adventure to figure out a way that would make it easier for her to tuck her toys away.

I'm not a big magazine reader but I have to admit that I'm a bit obsessed with Real Simple magazine. Because it is exactly that, SIMPLE! I don't like reading literature that's overwhelming with pictures and advertising because I get the sense of being confused and over-saturated with information. Well, they always show organizing ideas and tips. One of the things they emphasize is that as long as you have a place to put things then it's much easier to keep your home or office organized. I'm sure this isn't news to a lot of you but sometimes it takes a while to find the right place for everything in your house.

Ya yo entraba al cuarto de Gabriela sin mirar a los lados, porque no queria ver el desastre. Pero a decir verdad, no era ni culpa de la pobre porque el cuarto no estaba organizado de una manera para que ella pudiese guardar (o esconder) sus juguetes y desastricos. Entonces el fin de semana pasado decidimos hacer algunas modificaciones para poder organizarle su cuarto mejor. Una de las cosas que he leido es que mientras le tengas un lugar a cada cosa se te hace mas facil mantener el orden! Asi que manos a la obra!

Here are Gabriela's toys before:

Aqui estan los juguetes de Gabriela antes:

And here they are now! Much better:

Y aqui estan ahora! Mucho mejor:

We also decided to embrace a bit our American side, put some American Football on (note, we didn't necessarily watch it), made some hot dogs and ate a laid back meal!
Tambien decidimos conectar un poco con nuestro lado Americano y pusimos el canal de Futbol Americano (pero no necesariamente vimos el juego), hicimos unos perro calientes y tubimos un almuerzo relajado!