My Creative Side

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Lately I’ve been thinking that eventually, if we are still in this house, we will have to redo the kids’ rooms.  I know they will grow out of the themes I gave them before they were born, but I’m not quite ready to get rid of what they have now.  I have the memories of doing all the painting while I was pregnant and just sitting in the glider before each baby was born – just staring at the room. 

Since the birth of my kids I have spent hours upon hours in those rooms, sharing intimate times with them while nursing or rocking them to sleep.  We play in the rooms, read books, jump on the beds, do puzzles – we make memories.  That is the biggest reason I don’t want to redo them.  I also think that when we end up moving from this house, the memories of those 2 rooms will be the most missed!

So below I’ve posted a side of my creativity.  I did a ‘Tropical’ theme for Bella’s room and an ‘Outdoor’ theme for Scout’s.  Some of you have seen these already AND I didn’t have time to edit the photos and the make the colors all cool and stand out – so forgive me!  You’ll get the idea though!  Enjoy!

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BELLA’S TROPICAL ROOM













FINISHED
 

(that is Bella’s 3D/4D ultra sound pic on the ribbon board.)

 

This dresser was given to me by my grandparents and it’s part of a 1950’s bedroom set.  My dad refinished it for us to match the crib and glider.

BEFORE

AFTER

 

SCOUT’S OUTDOOR THEMED ROOM

 The flowers on this wall were painted by Bella.  She wanted to do a garden for her brother, so this is what she did.  Beautiful! This was taken shortly after he was born and the room was finally in use.

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“Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body.”

Elizabeth Stone