[blparent] Pieces, pieces, everywhere!

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Hi, all.  Sarah got a lot of nice gifts for Christmas.  Among them were some Little People toys, some finger puppets, and replacement animals for her depopulated Noah's Ark.  She also has had some basic puzzles and shape sorters.  It's only been a few days since the holiday, but the question is already coming up for me: How do I go about keeping track of all the little pieces?  Sarah's napping, and I usually take that opportunity to put everything away.  I like her to wake up to a neat room, if only so she can mess it up all over again.  But I find that I'm missing pieces to some of the Little People toys and puzzles, and I've crawled around searching under and behind furniture.  Is this just going to be the way it is, or is there some ingenious method I don't know of to keep track of all this stuff?  Thanks.

Jo Elizabeth

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