The Boys' New Room

Since the boys were in two different rooms, we needed them to move in together so the baby can have a room. To get the boys excited about this, we let them pick out the theme for their new room. They chose planets and stars! (Kevin was okay about moving in together. Colin was not. He told me that his room "makes me happy, and Kevin's room makes me sad." But once we let them pick out outer space things and started calling it "the boys' room" he has been all gung ho.) We have painted the room blue, put up the mural, hung up glow-in-the-dark planets, and moved their furniture in. We are still waiting to hang up the glow-in-the-dark stars, for their bedding to arrive in the mail (well, Colin's is here), and for bunk beds. (The bed will be purchased after baby sister arrives so the boys get something big for themselves.)

So a few weekends ago we moved most of Kevin's stuff into the hallway, and his bed into Colin's room while we painted. This also gave them time to sleep in the same room before the big move. (It takes much longer to get them to fall asleep when they are in the same room! LOTS of giggling and playing!) Then we started taping and painting.

Both boys loved helping paint, and were great at following directions about where to paint and where to avoid. (Colin kept moving around the room saying "Okay to paint here. Not here though. No.") After a while they got bored. Kevin decided to be "the boss." To him, this meant telling us we could take breaks and saying "good job" a lot. Colin decided to be the ice cream man. He would give us pretend ice cream on our "breaks." Later on, they even brought instruments upstairs to play music for us!

Now that they are moved in, they are having so much fun. They read every night together in Kevin's bed, and have conversations while they fall asleep. (Sometimes I sneak close to listen. Last night they were pretending that the music-and-light machine on Colin's bed was showing a movie. It was Spider-man. And it had commercials.) Here are a lot pictures:

Before any painting

Break time!

Yes, I am pregnant and on a ladder. I survived!

In house entertainment while we finished up.

The mural on the dark wall.

With their current furniture.

They line up toys each night to protect them while they sleep.

"Reading" in Kevin's bed.

If we turn the lights out before they are finished with their books, they read by nightlight.