My poor, deprived children

When we decided to close up our loft to turn it into Lincoln's room we knew that we would temporarily be out of a playroom. We didn't think it would be that big of a deal, as we would be finishing the basement soon and then they will have a playroom like no other. Just a few months with no playroom...

At first I tried to put all the toys into the kids rooms, but there really just wasn't room. Slowly but surely, all the toys got transferred down to the basement. But then we started finishing the basement and all the toys got shoved into the crawl space. And every time we needed to store something else, it got shoved into the crawl space in front of the toys (maybe not the best planning on my part!) And this basement project has taken a bit longer than expected. So what? Months now without toys. I mean, there are a few here and there, but not much. One of the girls' friends came over for a playdate the other day and had to bring her own toys because she knew there was nothing to do at our house!!

The kids have become quite inventive though! I have found the girls using silverware like Barbies--they just get different sizes for the Dad, the Mom and the baby. Today they had me drawing pictures of Disney Princesses, then we cut them out and they played with those--they even used their shoes as the Princesses carriages.

And here they are a few days ago, playing with orange peels. Hey, we are just like the pioneers around here! Who needs dolls when you have...refuse?

The good news is, now that Ryan has started school again we are just hiring contractors to finish most of the rest of the basement. So the playroom to end all playrooms will come to fruition soon enough. Then all the toys will be back out of the crawl space and it will be like Christmas morning at our house every day for MONTHS!