Last night.

Luke walked in after work last night and went back to

Adler's room to see what the boys were doing.

He then proceeded to ask me if I knew what the boys were up to.

I told him they have been playing real nice & quiet in Adler's room.

(Which now that I look back...kids & quiet are NOT always a good thing)

Luke started giggling & said I best go check it out.

Here's what I saw...

You can't really see how big the pile was, but it was BIG.

And there were LOTS to pick up. 

Look at the empty shelves that were previously

packed tight with books!

For those of you parents who have not yet realized...

those fun leap frog fridge magnetic toys scratch the fridge!

AHHH

I wish I would have been told that before the boys made a couple

nice scratches in our new fridge.

Drive me bonkers.

But anyway, I took the magnets down ASAP

after the discovery.

The boys loved playing with them so I felt kind of bad

taking them down,

So I found a picture frame at an antique store,

we bought some steel at the home store

and Luke made a new magnetic board!

The boys got on their tool belts & filled them with tools

so they could help dad make their new board that

they could put their magnets on.

Ohh it was a BIG deal

& golly were they excited when I brought the box of

magnets out!

Adler kept telling us, "Thank you mom & dad, I really like it!"

I think we heard it 5 or 6 times!

We ONLY have 4 of these magnetic toys!

But they come with a lot of magnetic inserts too.

Luke secretly thinks WAY too many I'm sure

But they ALL get played with

A LOT!

Thanks boys for proving to daddy that you need

all the toys you have! haha

Here's what Livy and I were doing

as dad & the boys slaved away at making my grand

crafty idea come to life!