Reorganized

Returning from our trip to Illinois, I came back with the itch to reorganize the house.  We were home for about a week before Elena started day care and I started work.  In that time, I put the kitchen back together, cleared out the dining room so we could eat in there again, rearranged the living room and spent a couple days redoing Elena's room.  Until now, Elena's room was only used for sleeping; all of her toys were kept in our living room which was getting cramped.

 Now most of Elena's toys and books fit in this new bookcase.  I also picked up a few bins so we could easily pick up toys.  They have mesh on one side and solid fabric on the other--so you can see inside the bin or not.

 Everything is completely toddler proofed so now Elena can hang out in her room and play.  We also bring toys out in the living room to play there too.

 Now, you will notice on the bookcase, the changing station is on the right and nothing on the left.  The bare area is within Elena's reach in the crib as I found out the hard way.  I had left a permanent marker (used to mark Elena's clothes for day care) on the bookcase.  Elena grabbed it and graffiti-ed her crib sheet, jammies and hands...and here is what her sheet now looks like:

 In the past couple of weeks, Elena has also learned how to climb her crib.  She is really into climbing right now and will scale anything she can.

 Now that we have made room in the living room, we were able to put Elena's kitchen in there without feeling overwhelmed with toys.

 The kitchen came with legs but I just haven't been able to get them on.  Regardless, this is one cute little kitchen.  There are 5 working doors, the oven/stove knobs click and the microwave has a piece that turns the plate in the microwave.  Elena improvises noises for the sink, the water dispenser in the fridge and the microwave buttons.