A couple of years ago (wow – a couple?!) I spent a few hours in Erik’s room putting up balloons. Balloon stickers that is. Red balloons. They looked great. But, well time goes on, and we all need a change. Especially when someone gave a toddler white walls. White walls that he put his dirty feet on everyday when he was put down for nap and didn’t want to be there.
And we all know how it goes after a couple of years of getting gifts and other random things that your three year old collects. So needless to say, his room was pretty much a disaster and no one could take it anymore.
I hate clutter. Can you believe I let this go on this long? Ah life, it sneaks up on you and clutters up your world.
Shrek needs his helmet in case he falls, course.
Feeling dizzy yet? Yea we’re going in circles.
Okay we have an empty room. And yes, that is Erik dancing in front of the mirror. And no, I don’t know where he gets crazy ideas like that from…
But pay attention to the sweatshirt….it’s foreshadowing (is it still foreshadowing if you point it out? this is why I was never an English major).
The ceremonial removal of covers. And we are balloon-less now.
Okay so yeah I pointed out that serious clutter problem we were having – well – while we were painting we did what a normal kid would do while cleaning. We just moved the mess.
Yea, we were seriously doing stuff like that for a couple of days.
And……….
The first of the color goes on. And is that really Syracuse orange? Why yes, it is.
Hot right? Yes, we rule.
And moving on to the next color.
We do participate in child labor. Call your local DCFS.
That looks really bad. Ouch.
Oh and Brandon decided we needed more pictures of our moved mess.
Yes that is the cat laying on the dog bed.
Well however fun it may be to have a toddler bed in the kitchen, we finished the room and moved everything back in. Sad, this I know.
Final product:
Yea, his bed was downgraded. Made for much more room as you can see. But poor Logan got moved to the floor. Yea – poor Logan.
The paint wasn’t completely dry – that’s why it looks spotty. It’s 100% now.
Much better right?
We charge $100 an hour for remodeling. ; )
And just so we’re all on the same page, Erik was the one that asked for a Syracuse room. As you see in previous pictures he is wearing a Syracuse sweatshirt. It was 80 degrees out, but he refused to take it off. He’s slightly obsessed.
His colors are iffy as well. He knows red, green, and blue, sometimes. He’s actually not too bad with those colors, but the other, well…still slow going. Other than that, he catches on really quickly. He knows the names of, almost, everything. Anytime you’re out somewhere he can name off the animals he sees (he knows every animal…he loves them). He’s really good with names and his gross motor skills are very advanced. Just, the other basic stuff.