From baby pepto pink to all grown up! The girls have been asking for their room to get redone and be more grown up. They were feeling too old for their toddler room. Steve and I agreed but told them that they would have to earn it. They would have to start taking better care of their things and acting more grown up and we'd work them on making their room more grown up. Well, after months and months towards working towards earning their room (the first few months were a struggle. They didn't believe us). By late June we felt that they had fulfilled the obligation in learning how to keep things clean. So... sneaky mommy started making plans for a secret room makeover. One of my fondest memories growing up was when my mom redecorated my room while I was away at camp. I loved, loved that surprise and loved my new room. I hoped the girls would have the same reaction.
Aunt Casey and Bubba helped us with our plan by agreeing to keeping the girls for the weekend. Katie and Matt filled in for one night too. They saw Gigi and Aunt Ginny and Tim too. They had an action packed weekend. While they were painting the town red, we were painting their room yellow and grey (well, Alex the painter, I mean)!
We spent the weekend shopping, buying, and staging their new room.
Oh ya, and crafting.
Ryan wanted a place to hang her soccer medals. I wanted something unique so I came up with this idea.
Charlie's side...
And Charlie got a medal hanger too!
Ryan's side...
The big 1st and 3rd graders needed their own workstations.
While we were busy decorating, the girls were busy with their aunts, uncles, and cousins...
Having lunch...
Getting their nails done...
Playing Barbies....
Swimming....
And then after all this fun at Casey and Bubba's and Aunt Ginny's... they headed to Katie and Matt's house for a night. No pictures of that fun night but I hear it was a doozy. A trip to Hollywood even!!!
It's time to pick them up...
Our sneaky babysitters!
As the girls reminded me, they are addicted to electronics. Even Katie's!
Casey took the girls to get their nails done.
Bubba walked us out to tell us the dog-biting story. I still can't believe it. So scary...Poor thing!
After the big HGTV style reveal, the girls spent the WHOLE day in their new room!
They loved it! Stay tuned for the YouTube video of the big reveal. We'll let you know when it's up!
Thanks for helping us pull off the big surprise everyone!
3 comments:
LOVED having the girls,
LOVE their room,
LOVE our Belvedere!!!
xo
Aunt Casey and Uncle Bubba
Dear Ryan & Charlie,
You girls are pretty lucky to have your Mom, Dad Casey, Bubba, Matt, Gigi, Ginny & Tim put so much pleasure & effort into one brand new FABULOUS Bedroom! How Devine! Good job parents and family!
XoXo Nona & Grandpa
Love your new room...Hope you come back for another late night swim at our house soon....xo, aunt ginny and
big tim...
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