9/8/2023 0 Comments Keep it weird tattoo![]() ![]() The tattoos in the medicine cabinet work because they are out of the way but still easily accessible. The point is that these strange storage places WORK FOR US RIGHT NOW. I could probably list 20 more examples of things we store in odd places throughout our house - but that’s not really the point. Maybe storing our grilling utensils in the mudroom sounds crazy (yeah, I know!) but it truly is the most logical storage place we can come up with at this time! Maybe storing our comforter in the bottom drawer of James’ dresser during the warmer months sounds strange, but it makes sense for our needs. Maybe storing my sewing machine in my office seems odd, but that’s what works well for me right now. ![]() Maybe storing our collapsible step stool next to the kitchen trash is abnormal, but that’s what works for our kitchen storage and our kids’ needs. Maybe storing temporary tattoos in a medicine cabinet is super weird, but it works for our kids, our family, our house, and our season of life… that’s all that really matters. The point I want to make is that there is NO single “right way” to store or organize anything in your home. Yes, I have a point… and no, it really has nothing to do with temporary tattoos! They weren’t in the way, they weren’t messy, they weren’t tempting for little hands - they were just there, nicely organized and ready to go whenever it was time for another tattoo. When I finally moved the tattoos to the medicine cabinet just over a year ago, they instantly became a non-issue. This drawer was high enough that the kids couldn’t reach them (at least at that time) but the tattoos kept sliding all over the place inside the drawer, falling out of the bag, and getting in MY way. Then I moved the tattoos to the office supply drawer in our kitchen (we don’t really have a true “junk drawer”). We had originally put the tattoos in with the craft supplies - but since Nora has always had free-rein of everything in the craft cabinet, this ended with lots of wasted and ill-placed tattoos when she tried to do them herself (she was only 2 at the time). I guess I hadn’t ever thought of that storage place being so odd (now that I think about it though, it is a little strange!) However, I explained that the reason we keep the temporary tattoos in our medicine cabinet is because they are things I don’t want our kids getting into - just like I don’t want them getting into the medicine, bandages, and other first aid items.Īs I put the tattoos away later that afternoon, I started thinking about how they ended up in the medicine cabinet in the first place… The other day, we had friends over and the kids were all begging to have temporary tattoos - so without much thought, I grabbed our baggie of temporary tattoos out of our medicine cabinet and let each child pick the one they wanted.Īs I put the tattoos on each kid, the other mom questioned why we kept our tattoos in our medicine cabinet. ![]()
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