Microscope Morning

We spent a big chunk of yesterday cleaning off The Peanut's desk.

It had become piled with a variety of things -- American Girl doll items, detritus from the last school year, random magazines, craft supplies and el cheapo plastic toy bits from who knows where -- and was really unusable as a desk since there was no real space to put anything.

Earlier in the week, we had purchased another plastic organizer with drawers from Lowes.  This one had all large drawers, instead of a mix of small and large like the one I used for my school library organizer.

And it fits perfectly on the back of her desk.

I let her pick out the patterned paper she wanted to use for drawer colors and we put together a desk supplies organizer for her.  Once it was done, we started clearing off her desk and putting away various and sundry bits and pieces into the drawers which we then labeled with the label maker (her new favorite toy).


This morning, she woke up to plenty of space on her desk, pulled out her microscope that Santa brought for Christmas, and started looking at fossils and prepared slides.  An hour later, she is still doing just that.

Sometimes, it is really fun to be a mom.  This is definitely one of those times.

Will try to get some pictures of her organizer later for everyone to see...

UPDATE:  Pictures of The Peanut's new desk organizer, as well as some directions on how to make one for your own desk, can be found here.  Enjoy!

(Photo of The Peanut with her microscope from Christmas morning by Christy Hardin Smith.)