It has been a long time coming. The boys finally have big boy beds, two twin beds, with matching comforters and pillows that have their names embroidered in them. I am so excited that they are sharing a room. I may be more excited about this move than they are, but so far they are enjoying being together. As I sit writing this, I can hear them giggling and talking to each other. Mike has just gone into their room to tell them to shut their eyes, Ollie promptly laughs in his face and says "no". Oh, this is just the beginning of Ollie's defiance. Drew is quietly telling Ollie to go to sleep, that it's not playtime. Ha. He is definitely my rule follower. In any case, we ordered these beds about a month ago. We took down the crib on Sunday and Mike's grand idea was to let them sleep in a tent for two nights. I was a bit skeptical of this...what parents let their kids sleep in a tent? But, we did and they thoroughly enjoyed it. They did sleep all night. Drew told his teacher, Ms. Tasha, that Ollie's crib was broken and they got to sleep in a tent. Thankfully, I had told her a week ago they were getting new beds so she didn't report us to DFCS.
The beds finally came today. The boys were off at school and I was able to get their room set up, get rid of all the toys I hate, and rearrange things the way I think they should be. We over ordered on furniture, so when the moving guys arrived - I had to tell them not to get out the night stand and dresser. The pieces were going to be too big, so we sent them back. I'm happy we did. The beds are plenty.
It was a perfect day. When they arrived home, Ollie didn't want to come inside to see his room because he wanted to rake in the yard, or dig with his shovel. Drew wanted nothing to do with that, he wanted to go see his new room - but I made him wait until we could coerce Ollie upstairs at the same time, which we did, with shovel in hand.They loved the room. They bounced and jumped all over the beds. Drew did not want anyone getting on his bed except for Bear, Monkey, and Murphy. Obviously. I should have predicted that. Ollie needs help getting on and off his bed, but that was to be expected since the bed is quite tall in comparison to him. I figure that this is best because I really don't want him getting in and out of his bed in the middle of the night by himself, so this is probably a best case scenario.
Out of all the rooms I have done for them, this is my favorite. For once I feel like it was done right. I still have a few touches I am working on adding, but for the most part, it's put together.
