Musical Beds

On Friday, I scored a used wooden bunk bed set online for so cheap. It's a silly thing, but it delights me that almost all of the beds in our home are previously owned. 

This particular set was exactly the kind of bunk we were looking for: solid wood, beds perpendicular, and two "file cabinet" style dressers on either side. 

We hauled it into the garage early Saturday morning and set it up so I could  sand and paint and add feet to the raise the bottom bed higher off the ground. 

Then it took several trips into the house between moving pieces, so I could help babies, change a diaper, and put out a few sibling squabbles. I had a reality check. I have no time or actual immediate NEED to do anything to this bed. Sure it is scratched and begging for a "meg-over" like I did to the girls bunk beds. But who really cares? Just because I can make this thing a work of art, doesn't mean I need to. After a few minutes if consideration, we hauled it to the basement, and I patted myself on the back for saying, "no" to an unnecessary project. I could have made it absolutely beautiful, but I'm actually really loving it just the way it is. And I'm loving that I didn't waste a bunch of time away from the kids, either. Good decision, Meg-o. 

Corbin loves his new bed. Soren will move in with him eventually, but for now, I've moved Corbin's old bed into Soren's room, and Soren loves it!  I love beds with dressers in them. It's such a good use of space and allows more room for playing. I moved some of the artwork/pictures around so it would fit better. It's a happy little reading nook. Those shelves will be full of stuffies, books, and Legos soon, I am sure. 

Never fear, The circus tent lives! That tent has held strong through many tantrums. It's a fairly permanent fixture in our home, and serves well as Corbin's peace corner.  

Finally, I put up pictures of Christ on the walls. Corbin got to chose his. 

Sloane's Nursery

I never blogged about Sloane's nursery. Soren has a fever today and I have awful allergies, so it's a good time to finish a million blog posts.  

I still have several things I'd like to do in Sloane's nursery, but here are some pics of how it looks, so far. She still sleeps in her pack n play in my room right now because: 

a) I'm anxious and paranoid and still can't sleep if she's too far away. 

b) we still have occasional nights like last night, when she was awake from 1-4am trying to poop. I don't want her to keep the girls awake when we have a rough night. 

When we're ready she'll probably start with just naps in her room first. Here it is, waiting for her.  Looking around at the pieces in the room reminds me of many women I care about. Let's take a little tour. 

The white wicker dresser in the right corner is used for storage with drawers designated for barbies, dollhouse, cars, dressup, etc. Julie, Delaney, made the adorable vintage button S monogram. It matches perfectly. I love it. 

I bought 10 throw pillows secondhand from a friend and recovered them to match the nursery. The daybed was given to Reese by Jenny Hatch when Reese was 3 and is still one of my favorite pieces of furniture. I might end up sleeping on it the first few nights Sloane spends in her own room. Kasey made the beautiful mint and coral blanket draped over the headboard. It's super soft! 

This fabulous swan rocker was from Eunice's home. The arms are actually shaped like swans. Its a mother goose chair. She said she pictured little Soren sitting next to me with a book while I nursed and rocked Sloane. She pictured exactly what happens. Soren keeps a little stack of books on the side table.  

The side table is also a previously owned piece and came from the lovely Kim Neal. It stores the boppy pillow, breast pump, and burp cloths. I ipcycled the thrifted lamp and made the canvas artwork on the wall (one is still incomplete but will say "She believed she could, so she did" on it. The others say, "beYOUtiful" and the lyrics to "baby mine" painted into a heart silhouette. The frame is a print I ordered from my friend Teresa with the Young Women's theme on it. Words to live by.

Sloane's crib. I may never get around to it, but have good intentions for a super ruffly crib skirt and a flowery mobile/wall treatment thing. I made the quilt, bumper, and crib sheets. 

I love this happy little space and I love spending time in here.  It's a precious baby room for a very precious baby girl. 

Community

Just a little post about how much I love my little cul de sac in the woods. 

My kids have the greatest friends to play with! Reese just loves having a best friend right next door. There's a friend for everyone. The kids spent a couple hours playing badminton with Kaitlyn after school on Monday. They play basketball and rude bikes and climb on things and play with sticks and Corbin throws a lot of stuff. I am so happy that my children have good friends to play and use their imaginations with. 

My buddy Jacob helped me plant tulips in the fall and the blooms gave us a lovely welcome to spring. 

Every now and then the kids and I stop at  Nita's after school to visit in her beautiful backyard. The children play with Willow and I talk gardening with Nita. Her yard is dreamy and she is so knowledgable. 

Look at that dirty kid. That is a happy childhood. The children kept hopping over the fence to play with each other so finally we just put a log there for them to step on and make the fence hopping a little easier. 

I love where I live. 

Fort Willy

{To Do}
Clean House
Get transcripts
Spend another day on hold with multiple universities attempting to get transcripts
Launder all the bedding
Cry that we'll be "snowed in" the rest of the week
Make a beautiful and nutritious dinner for my family
Draft our 2010 family spending budget
Run 3 miles
Shower

or there's always
Plan B:
Built a fort in the living room.
Eat chocolate.