Changing Things Up

 As usual I get a little antsy and when I decide there needs to be change I don't waste time  I was tired of the girls having two rooms filled with toys and messes.  It took some persuading but the boys moved downstairs, the girls moved into their room and the smallest room became our library.  Yes, I know have a library in my home.  Something that truly makes my heart glad.  It was quite a production.  The boys luckily didn't care for a paint job so we just moved their stuff down.  Ryan was pretty upset about it at first.  I think it was partially because the room was smaller and he thought it would be too small, but I think he felt sad being pushed downstairs away from the rest of us.  It's been over a month and I am pretty sure he enjoys it more than he realized possible.

 The girls room took a little more work since we had to paint over the boys' cool striped wall.  Annabelle came up with the idea to sponge paint their two favorite colors-purple and teal.  It was A LOT of work but they love how it turned out.  I had wanted to build some shelves and dressers but Greg wanted something less permanent so we bought some stuff and put it all together.  The girls love their shelves and the freedom I am giving them to put their treasures on them.  I love that most everything is off the floor and the girls have more space to play and only one room is a disaster.

 We got the books shelves and the day I spent putting all the books onto the shelves was a joyous day for sure.  I love that all my Baby-Sitters Club books are out of the closet and I love seeing that all of our books have a place.  The kids now use this room to read, do homework and to play board games together.  Just yesterday all four of them played Monopoly for a few hours in there and it warmed my heart that they all had a place that was clean that they could play together.  It took awhile to decide what to hang up on my walls.  Candace had a cool poster from the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival and it was the perfect fit.  Then I sorted through all of our family pictures and found over 70 pictures of our family reading at various times and various places.  I love looking at the collages and just being in this new room at our house.