Let the Sharing Begin

Well, it may be that time.... time for the kiddos to start sharing a room.  I will admit that I have been dreading this.  One is a wonderful sleeper but the other is not so good.  Because T just turned two I was hesitant to get bunk beds so we decided to go with two low profile beds.  I picked them out months ago and then dragged hubby to IKEA to pick them up.  Hubby spent a Sunday afternoon assembling one of the beds with two little "helpers".  Once the first bed was assembled we quickly realised that two beds were not going to work in that bedroom.  Once both were in there would only be about 6 inches between the beds.  Hmmmm, not exactly ideal.... or functional.  So, my poor hubby had to dis-assemble and drag the beds all the way back to the store.  Poor guy spent the entire day dealing with those beds with nothing to show for it. 

After that little "episode" I finally admitted that bunk beds may be our best option.  So, off to the store we went.  After looking around we found an amazing deal on a nice set of bunk beds that also split apart to become two separate beds.  So, each kid got a new bed in their room.  Here's my theory: we will teach T to sleep in his bed before we move him in with L so that neither kid will lose sleep.  Well, that theory is seriously being tested and not holding up very well.  It's been two months and T is still not staying in bed very well.  Bedtime lasts two to three hours every night.... for the last two months! Ahhhhh.  The strange thing is that nap time is going fine.  Why are kids so weird??  When he does sleep, he is sooooo adorable in his bed.  He looks like the sweetest littlest boy. (insert heart melting here).


The last week seems to have marked a turnaround in T's bedtime.  After we read him stories and give him cuddles in his rocking chair we put him in his bed and leave the room.  He then calls for us for about 10 minutes before he simply goes quiet.  When we check on him later he is never in his bed!  I found him curled up on his rocking chair once, then we found him on top of his baby gate and now we have been finding him on the floor.  When we find him we put him in his bed and he usually sleeps the entire night except for one time when he woke up and went back to the floor!

So, we have a new theory now.  Maybe sharing L's room will make him feel safe and secure enough to sleep soundly in his bed.... at least, that's the theory.  If you know me you have probably noticed that I need to re-decorate a room any time things change.  I have planned the kids new room out, bought all the bits and pieces to put it all together.  So, now I just have to find the time and motivation........

(Winter) Spring Cleaning

Ok, so, it has been a LONG time since I've posted anything on my blog.  Yikes.  I basically skipped writing anything during the winter months...... oh wait, it's still winter here!  Yesterday I was feeling so excited at seeing lots of grass in our yard and the melt seemed to really be gaining momentum.  Then, I woke up to snow everywhere and it is still snowing here at 3:30 in the afternoon.  So I figured I could cry (that was my instinct) or I could just make the best of it.  Thankfully I started my day off with a good workout and healthy breakfast so I had a positive attitude ;)  I've decided that I am going to do some spring cleaning while I wait for spring.  Every day I am going to tackle one room in the house and clean it, get rid of anything we don't use, fix anything that is broken and organize the heck out of it.  I've been wanting to do this for a while but I needed a little push.  I guess 5cm of snow in mid-April was that push.

So, today I tackled our en suite and bedroom.  I am embarrassed to say that I took out two kitchen sized garbage bags full of stuff we don't use, boxes left behind, and broken things out of our tiny little en suite.  Seriously, this room is SMALL!  I am amazed at how we can hoard things.  It feels sooooo good to get rid of all that stuff and know that the only things left in that room are things that we use on a regular basis.

Then I moved on to the top of our dressers and my night table.  Those things were not too bad but I was too afraid of my husbands night table to even go near it.  Seriously, I will not even post a picture because it is so disgusting.  The two drawers are overflowing with everything from books to scrap paper to batteries to...... well, I'm not sure what most of it even is.  Guess what he's doing tonight ;)  Hopefully there is a hockey game on the radio that he can listen to because I think he may be there all evening.

Tomorrow is a busy day so I don't think any cleaning/organizing will get done but I think I may tackle the linen closet and the kids bedroom closets the next day.  Wish me luck!