My household is full of things belonging to the Fanstastic 4! Toys, notebook, crown, necklace, pencils, UNO, may it be under the table, on the drawer top, in the bathroom, the between the books on the bookshelf, on the kitchen top, on and under the TV shelf.. everywhere..!
So my bookshelf has two tiny little drawers at the bottom, which The Fantastic No 1 & No 2 has claimed for themselves. They put their cherished treasures inside there.. Thats their private place where i respect and never touch or peek. One day i had the chance to see whats inside.. surprisingly, both of them put all their little things like stickers, small toys that they got from McDonalds, mentos/polo/chewing gum (which they keep away from No 3). So they do treasure some of the things we got them.
So last weekend we bought cupboards for each of the Fantastic 3. Fantastic 4 not ready to own one yet. Since they have plenty of space in their bedroom so why not.

Here's my HandyMen at work. Daddy can be very handy when he wants to.. and Lil'Moe needs all the teachings of manhood he can get. He has always shown interest with tools, fixing things.. Hammer, ranch, screwdriver.. name all the tools, he knows it. If only Daddy would fix more things at home *wink*.
We got the cupboards from Tesco. At RM39.90 each, thought it was a good deal.. thats why we could buy 3!

So Wallah! After 3 hours of good sweat.. the 3 cupboards were successfully assembled. Red belongs to Fantastic 1, Yellow for Fantastic 2 and blue for Fantastic 3.
So the rules are:-
1) All personal belongings should be kept in respective cupboards.
2) Will get scolding from Me if i see personal belongings scattered all over the house.
3) No sticking stickers on the door (outside) but they may decorate inside.
4) Not allowed to open or take something out from other member's cupboard without permission.
Oh they're very exited with their newly owned cupboards. After we placed it in their room, and after being briefed with the rules, they started to get busy. Searching all over the house looking for their things.. No1 & No 2 started to empty the 2 tiny drawers at the bottom of the bookshelf and transferred it into their cupboards. Then suddenly the bedroom door was locked. We left them alone, a moment later, they excitedly showed us inside of of their cupboard door. Both of them decorated it with their own art work, using crayons and paper and stick em inside the door with 'blue-tack' (will upload the pics) . They must have gotten the idea from High School Musical kids with their lockers.
Poor No 3.. called daddy in feeling upset. Opened each of Kakak's door and compared to his. And said, 'Look D, look at Kakak's.. mine is empty..'. There were only 1 Ferrari car in each door.. Ferrari cars i got him from Shell were his latest toys.. So Daddy said tomorrow we go look for all your things and keep inside here..
So i think these cupboards would do them a lot of good. Mine too.. how i hate messy house. This step will teach them a sense of belonging and responsibility. We'll try and respect what they put inside, give them the privacy.. but sometimes kena lah buat spotcheck!
So I've always live by this rule..
Have a place for everything and everything would be in place..