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Toy Clean Up.. or Not! | The Day We Didn’t Clean Up ANY Toys

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The more toys you have, the more toys there are the clean up. And for some reason, kids never find toy clean up as fun as toy playing.

Living in a one-bedroom apartment, we try to keep clutter (including toys!) to a minimum. I’ve tried all kinds of storage systems and toy clean up rules, like “no more than two toys out at a time.”

But inevitably, a few hours into the day, I’d be tripping over toy cars and puzzle pieces. And can you blame them? Toys are fun and cleaning just… sucks.

One fine winter morning, I figured if I can’t beat ’em, why not make a funny video? And so, for one three or four hour period, I told my son that he didn’t have to clean up (and I wouldn’t help clean up) ANY toys. Here’s what happened!

Toy Clean Up… or Not! | The Day We Didn’t Clean Up ANY Toys

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