We are a house that is always changing, growing, and making new patterns. Anyone that’s been to my house knows I tend to change things around as I feel it’s needed. I’ve re purposed items, removed items, put items back as the kids have grown, as our lives have changed, as time goes on. Our day to day schedule is in constant flux as each day is so different ( yet the same).

Today while Eric took Declan to karate, with Taejan and Ziah in tow.. I tore apart our “playroom”. The “Playroom” is a 3 season sunroom off the kitchen. We’ve used it as a playroom since we moved here 5.5 years ago. Well a few months back we got a really nice couch given to us that just wasn’t perfect for the living room, so we put it out there. Since that couch entered the sunroom I’ve noticed a change.

The room has become less a full on playroom packed with toys, and more a chilling room for the kids.

I’ve also noticed that as the kids get older they have totally different interests in toys. Declan is less a toy kid than a “thing” kid, Bakugan , Pokemon, legos and such are his items of choice. Jadziah likes little things, her doll house , pocketbooks, makeup and such. Taejan is all about the cars,trucks,diggers,etc. So as these changes have come they use the “universal” toys less and less. So gone are the Little People playsets the boxes of blocks,and more.

Now we have space.. a big room with a couch, an end table, a shelf of kid and family games, a small table for the kiddos, a bookcase and 4 small drawers of toys( lincoln logs,Potato heads and misc).

All this reminds me how fast my little ones are becoming bigger ones. Times are changing, and we’re changing with them.. even if we’d prefer not to change so fast.