Joel and I are having a "Date Night" tonight. Of course, it includes watching the new Transformers movie, which brings me to another topic - Grown Men Having Toys.

My husband puts on a professional, mature persona, but underneath there is a boy who really thinks the missing All Spark will bring his electronics to life. It is kind of cute to watch him play transformers with the boys (until they try to touch his prized autobot and he gets territorial).

While it is fun to watch all my boys play transformers together, making the transforming sounds and pretending to battle, it leaves a mess. Inevitably, they will move on to something else, and when they do - there lay the transformers in the floor.

My solution was a simple plastic tote with a snapping lid. It makes wonderful toy storage and keeps them out of the way. (This solution also keeps those ugly things off my shelves - where Joel would like to put them on display - NO WAY)