Lk's New Room!

I took today off to get a few things done around the house. This is a HUGE luxury but also a daycare issue as she needed me to pick them up early today and with a 1 hour commute to get them it wouldn't have made sense for me to go in to the office today. SO I took a "day off" which has basically meant I've done nothing so far other than clean.

When you're a single working mom of twins, there is just NEVER an opportunity to do the basics. And now that Lk has stopped his afternoon naps on the weekends I'm really hosed! They're still too young to trust them "alone" in the next room or on the front porch for more than 3 minutes, and even a simple task like taking out the garbage is hard to do when they are around. So today I worked like crazy in Lk's room. Once he goes to bed, I can't clean it.

Today I made an executive decision. I dismantled his crib and set up his toddler bed with the crib mattress. Then I rearranged some of the furniture, organized his toys, cleaned out all the drawers and closet, separated the clothes that are too small for the boys, and voila, this is the result:

Notice his name is on his blanket....his aunt made this for him when he was born. This is his elephant that he sleeps with at night.

These quilts on the wall were made by my cousin Jean for them when they were born. My friend Tim gave them the stuffed globe for their birthday. I took all the clothes out of this white wire drawer set and it will now hold toys. My grandfather made this bookcase years ago.

Above his bed hangs one of my favorite pictures, it's an angel watching over 2 children as they cross a rickety bridge.

Here's his humidifier, and the mess outside his door. Lots of stuff will have to be stored in the basement! The crib took me an hour to disassemble with no proper tools and in the end I sort of just ripped out the wood.

After 4 hours of effort, I decided to take these photos, because once Lk actually starts living in it (ie, comes home from daycare) he will trash it eventually. It was embarrassing the way it looked before. These photos could well be the last time I see it looking nice!

I have no illusions. Do I expect that Lk will say "Wow" and be all excited about his new room? Hell, no! He'll be absolutely horrified that I took away his crib and that his toys are not covering the entire floor. He may refuse to sleep in the bed at all tonight. Of course I'm going to present it very positively and tell him what a big boy he is and how beautiful his new place is...we will see how it turns out.

Wish me luck! Later I shall post about his reaction. Now I'm going to take a walk, then pour myself a big glass of wine and sit on the front porch before I go pick them up from T's.