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Old 10-19-2009, 05:23 AM   #10 (permalink)
The_Jazz
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Originally Posted by GreyWolf View Post
Well, since I tend to have books lying in piles everywhere (too many for the shelves), I have to go with the second. And I love my then 8-yo son's reaction to my wife's complaint about having too many books when he replied with absolute shock, "But Mommy, you can NEVER have too many books!" That's my boy!
That's pretty much exactly what I came here to say. People who've been on video chat have seen my kitchen/family room from time to time. It's not real cluttered so long as we keep ahead of the kids. But we have books and toys lining most walls in most of the rooms where they play any significant amount. Conservatively, my two boys have about 500 books.

Minimalist is not an option with kids.
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