Never Say Never - Bookshelf Edition

When Rio was a toddler we had friends, also with a toddler, comment how "lucky" we were to have bookshelves in our living room. They told us they could never have bookshelves - their child was too much of a menace and would not leave them alone. We responded (in a holier than thou tone no doubt) that it was our choice. We were not willing to give up our bookshelves just because we had a toddler who pulled books off the shelves. We would simply ask her not to, pick them up and put them back on the shelves, and that would be that.

Fast forward four years to a different baby. Look in the dictionary under the word menace and you see Nolan's evil grin staring back at you. The kid is into everything. EVERYTHING. He not only pulls the books off the shelves, but then he sits and rips the pages out one by one, either eating them, or tossing them aside to move to a new book. The living room was a constant disaster, and we started worrying that he was making the shelves too top heavy (within literally seconds entire shelves would be empty) causing way too much of a hazard.

So wouldn't you know it, the bookshelves have been moved to our bedroom. He is never left alone in there, so it was the safer, tidier thing to do. We actually prefer it this way. Not only does Jordan like the look of our bedroom better, but there is now an entire living room wall to store toys up against! Better on one wall, out of view from some angles, than stacked in, around and on everything else in our living room!

Hanging out amongst their loot. Asher where the bookshelves once were...

If only we could Nolan-ize the rest of the house. Until now, closed doors and baby gates will have to do!

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After I hit publish I noticed he was beside me pulling out our alphabetized CDs and one by one tossing them on the floor. Awesome.