Toys

When you have small children, one of the challenges is keeping toys picked up, parts together, and keeping your children interested.  I discovered a wonderful way to deal with the masses of toys American children tend to accumulate.  I boxed up all but one third of the toys in two other boxes and stored them for a month.  Each month, I would rotate which box was "in public" to be played with.  The kids were excited and interested in the "new toys" and there weren't so many to be picked up daily.