ah, the clean up routine. some mornings i wake up and see their play room and cannot believe i just ignored it. but then, some days they help. until they try to dump it all out again. boys.

The last picture is of Brooklyn? I recently read an interview with an English actress who now lives in Brooklyn and she said it was just like Queens Park, which is the area of London I grew up in - that photo really looks like it! Maybe its just the grey-ness of a cold day, reminds me of England...

oh, i didn't notice that your jcrew coat made its debut on monday! i didn't pay any attention to it until sunday's SP :) i love that yours is fitted - mine is a bit boxy and roomy.

Have you tried training her to put her "work" away before getting out the next thing? It's what we start doing with our toddlers here at Montessori school and by the time they're 5 or so, it's totally ingrained. That doesn't mean we don't have to remind them (they're kids!), but it means that they do understand that that's the way it has to go. It seems to really help them understand the cycle of "choose/do/finish/replace"-- each of which is a separate challenge!

We're doing something similar regarding clean up, but my hubby and I are theoretically adults and this is mostly to keep the condo neat while it is on the market. I keep hoping that it lasts long enough that picking up at the end of the day/before we leave the house/etc. becomes a habit and not just an onerous duty that we're rather forget about. Easier said that done, when neither of us is what you would call tidy.

Ooh, I love that coat!

please let me sing you the clean up song next time we talk :) It works!