Wednesday

I feel like the week just keeps on moving and I look at the day before and wonder what I actually accomplished. I know I am schooling my children (which is another topic for later) and that takes time. But it's always something. Our house is never without kids wanting to change life up a bit. Guess they need to keep me on my toes!

Scott decided that (and I agree) Ollie needs his own room. We have the space so why not. I guess I was trying to avoid PAINTING again, getting new bedding, decor, etc. Especially since the room he has moved into HAD a princess castle on the wall. It was becoming a very exhausting habit of Preston to come down in the middle of the night and tell us that he cannot sleep because Ollie is snoring. Now, mind you, I have baby monitors in all the boys rooms and I can hear every one of them. I AM a light sleeper and I NEVER hear Ollie snore. But, ok, whatever. Let's experiment. So we started putting Ollie in Amelia's old room on her bottom bunk. And VOILA!!! He slept through the night. And the next night. And so on. Hence the decision to move all 3 beds around the house. Not just small twin beds. One set of bunk beds, one trundle and one queen. NOT just all on one floor. TWO from basement to second floor and vise versa.

When Scott is gone I like to do projects. So I asked a friend to come over (Eli's birthmom) and help me. I wanted to surprise Scott so that he did not spend half a day on the weekend doing this. So we did it!! AND, I bought paint, Pottery Barn Kids Riviera Blue. I painted in one afternoon with all three boys riding their trains underneath my ladder and Eli trying to dunk his hands in the paint. This is the only way I get things done around here. Isabelle and I shed tears as we painted over the oh so sentimental "princess castle." We took pics and confirmed with Scott that we are beyond that thing and the boys really had no need. I procrastinated as I painted all the edges first and then had to progress over the real thing. I guess some things just need to change. That was one of them. It is a memory. A memory of me sitting with the artist in that room explaining how I wanted little 4 year old Isabelle's room to look. A memory of her face when she would see the day to day progression of this thing. But we are in a different phase now. This house will hold boat loads of memories by the time all is said and done.

So Isabelle's room is now Ollie's. So his light is still pink and blue and the shelf is still hot pink. His bathroom is still pink and has girls clothes in the closet. But it will get there. I have red paint to paint the shelf and the finials for his curtains. I am going to make a valance because I cannot find anything I love. Plus, I love projects. I will post pics of the finished product later.

So I guess I am getting things accomplished. One by one. The dishes might not be put away and all the laundry done. The sinks might have toothpaste stuck at the bottom and the toilets not flushed (yes, an everyday occurance) but the kids are happy and we are all sleeping now that "snoring" Ollie is in his own room. God love him.