No space unexplored

Oh, Danger Baby (a.k.a. Royal) has grown into a dare-devil little boy, and Adventure Girl is moving up in the rankings of those who give Mommy heart failure. Miss Molly-cakes has discovered that she can open doors and there is stuff behind them!! Oh, my, how exciting!! I'm not a huge fan of blanket baby-proofing because it's more important to explore and learn to listen when they are told, "Don't lick the bleach bottle," or, "The stove is hot, don't touch," or just, "No, thank you, that's not for you to play with." You know, limits and restrictions, not restraint. Baby gates, I love, cupboard door locks, not so much. I try not to have a whole lot of toxic things in the house anyway and I keep sprayers on OFF, so it isn't so bad when they rearrange under the cabinets for me while I'm watching.

However, Molly's recent Mission to Mayhem made me realize that the undercupboards were getting a little neglected. Nothing worse than wasted space in a small house!! Yes, I'm dorky enough to take pictures of my recently reorganized sink guts:

In the bathroom:

In the kitchen:

It's one of those funny things that has stuck with me since childhood: My mom always said that when your space is messy, so is your head. For me, it's the spaces that no one sees like the basement or the attic or under the cupboards. If that space is a mess, I feel disoriented and don't know why until I see the messy space, clean it up, then feel better. It's that same feeling like thinking you left the coffee pot on, but instead it's your trash bags that aren't in line and your baking soda that is askew. With an adventurous little crawly monster in the house, it's just plain safer to know what is under your sink, anyway, and exactly where it is so you know what to tell poison control. Haven't had to call that number yet, but I know enough to never say never no matter how nontoxic you think you are. Danger Boy broke me in (silver lining, silver lining, silver lining...) and taught me two very important words of motherhood: SPEED DIAL!!