What does it take to keep your kid alive...

Just the other day we bought a new storage cabinet to keep  E's supplies in.  So we had to empty out all of her supplies while we put together the new one.  As I looked at the table I was overwhelmed at the amount of supplies needed to keep our daughter alive...

 

Now I remember, since E was my first child, that as a newborn, we often got harrased at the amount of  "stuff" we would bring with us whenever we went somewhere, I felt it was necissity, I felt like I had to have everything that makes her happy, with me at all times.   After a few short years of going places "stuff" free, we have found ourselves once again carrying everything that keeps her
happy  ALIVE!!!  This puts the word necissity into perspective for me.