my parents gave us the bunk bed frame (sans mattresses) a while back, but the girls were still too little for them, so we stored them in the attic.....well, we were starting to go through all the STUFF in their bedrooms this past weekend - sorting out what they actually play with/want to keep from what we want to pass down to willow & matthew, and what we'll sell at our very first yard sale this summer
they have separate rooms, each with it's own doorway....but they also have a door that joins their rooms together.....both were still sleeping in toddler beds in their own room, & had their own dressers, tiny table & chairs, toy boxes, etc in each room.....i thought this would be a good time to go ahead and combine their rooms.....putting the bunk beds & dressers, books, games, quiet activities in one room.....and all the toys, play sets, their table & chairs, movies, etc in the other room.....so essentially having a bedroom AND toy room - connected
they LOVED this idea, and so we began.....we're getting mattresses this weekend, but went ahead and set everything up.....we've got queen size mattress pads (folded in half) on their beds right now - with their new lavender sheets & Princess Genevieve comforters (who by the way is a ballerina, just like my girls!) on top.....curtis also took off one of the guards from the old toddler beds, and attached it to the top bunk.....as well as secured the beds to the wall with brackets - safety first! ;0)
they both slept just as soundly as ever in their new beds last night.....their room, on the other hand, is still a DISASTER! u wouldn't believe how much STUFF they have! i'm hoping we'll get it all sorted & re-organized over this long weekend....curtis works & we haven't really made any memorial day plans.....it'll probably just be a chill weekend - and i'm totally cool with that! :0)
btw - this totally upset jaden....he now wants a bunk bed set sooooo bad - just to sleep on the top! he was very angry that the girls got these new digs & he is left with his same old boring room.....i think we've calmed the situation - i've been saving 3 paper lanterns (similar to this) & a dragon decoration that i ordered on clearance from oriental trading for him a while back.....and we recently got 2 huge maps for him - one of the US & one of the entire world - that still need to be hung up in his room (encouraging his interest in geography - namely new york, hawaii, alaska, and of course china...for the dragons, duh!).....so i told him that we would (maybe not this weekend, but soon) clean out his room, re-organize & hang up his new stuff.....he agreed to this (after also getting some play time with the girls on their new beds) & went to sleep in his same old boring bed without another word about it....whew! crisis diverted yet again! ~lol~
6 comments:
Cool beds! I have contimplated buying them for the boys, since they share. They do have a playroom downstairs, but they have been playing in their room a lot and there isn't a lot of space to play with the two stand alone beds.
Hope the organizing goes well!
SO cute! I can't wait til' we finally find a job...and get a house of our own...and can unload all our stuff from our container!
btw...I think Jaden might like the bed from Ikea! Just follow the link below!
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10123996
Who knows?!
*smiles*
...danielle
I love how sometimes the littlest thing can make them so excited! I hope they are enjoying their beds this weekend!
Oh how fun! Your blog always gets me excited about the fun times to come as my little one gets a little older. :)
danielle - how cool is that?! unfortunately, a new bed for jaden isn't in our budget...and he's cool with the situation now...i think it was just that initial jealousy of 'they've got new stuff & i don't'....thx for passing that along tho! :0)
I know budgets...ugh!
But IKEA makes some really kewl stuff huh?
(((hugs))))
...danielle
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