Lysa TerKeurst is having a blog contest for organization at http://lysaterkeurst.blogspot.com/ !
I LOVE THIS! I’m a lover of an organized environment (it gives me the false sense that I actually have some control in my life!) and tips so here’s my idea – it’s economic, educational, and foot friendly (please see #3)!
1. It is cheap…um, I mean “inexpensive” to do – one trip to Walley-World will do ya!
2. It helps teach my kids word recognition and how to care for their “stuff”!
3. It reduces center foot pain (now the little bitty toys have somewhere to rest other than the floor…where I’m bound to step on them!)
I bought see-through plastic shelved drawers – they stack or sit side by side. I then found an Internet photo of each toy or theme, typed a simple descriptive word, printed both off, and taped it to the outside of the proper drawer. Voila! My five year old can learn small word recognition and my three year old can match the photo with the toys that go in the drawer! I now avoid being the Easter Bunny, crazy and hopping around with foot pain!
As for my drop and hide spot, it’s the downstairs closet off our playroom! I close the door, smile and don’t see anything!
Of interest, I just recognized this today, my desk is located exactly in the middle of my most organized and most disorganized portions of my home! So I sit here contemplating…as I am a rookie writer stepping out – this is exactly what the writing process is like for me – a mess of ideas, dying to get organized! 
Love the see through containers and the labeling method! I also have a 5 and 3-year old. Thanks for sharing!
Love this idea! And your weight loss story- WOW!!!
Keep going- you look wonderful.
I did this just last week! My boys have so many ‘little’ toys, and they never get put away in the right place. Then, it’s always “Mom! I can’t find my (train, tank, stegosaurus). Will you help me?” So I went in their room, reorganized all those toys and put the pictures on the containers. And it has worked a miracle during clean up! I didn’t think about writing the words on the labels–I think I’ll make some w/ the words on them today!
Thanks!
Susan