Ladies' night out

Sick little girl

Easter egg hunt

New girl room

BEFORE:

This is how Matthew kept his room most of the time.

When Andrew was almost 2, I painted this room. I literally drew and then cut out the stencils of the vehicles that are on the walls. It took me about six hours to hand paint those vehicles on EACH wall.

Let's just say it took me a few years to get to the point that I was OK with sanding and painting over the walls in this room. Well, 10 years. I also created a stencil to paint that wavy road around the room.

AFTER: This room was the largest of the kids' bedrooms, so we moved the two girls in here. This gives them a lot more space than they had in the 10x10 room they were sharing before.

It was so fun to swap out the storage bins in the primary colors for the ones in pink and white. It was even more fun to fill them with baby dolls, purses, Barbies and all things girly-girl!

I thought the rock star theme that Alayna chose was great for her personality. We bought this decals and had a great time working together to stick them on the walls.

I love the pink curtains. 

We had a blast picking out everything for the room. It so nice to have it cleaned and organized now so the kids can put everything away!

New sports theme bedroom

I spent spring break tackling a loooooong overdue project. Since Jayda was born, our family has been in a bedroom crisis. The two girls have been sharing a 10x10 bedroom that was stuffed full of toys and clothes. It was always a huge mess.

The 9-year-old has been enjoying the much larger bedroom and his own set of bunk beds. His brother decided to relocate his bedroom to the basement a couple of years ago. Both rooms had been swallowed up by toys and needed a clean sweep.

BEFORE: This is the girls' bedroom before the switch. However, it never looked like this. It also had a crib in the room and tons of toys all over the place. I had pained it like this when Andrew was a baby. Even though I tried to make it look girly, my daughter was never really happy with the decor.

We told Matthew he could have a big say in how we decorated the room. He chose a sports theme and we went shopping together to find some cool accessories. I decided to stick with the three-color paint scheme. The main reason was that I didn't want to have to sand the stripe that went around the room. I also wanted to put the pegboard shelf back up as a place to display his baseball hats. 

We did put up the pegboard shelf a few days after this photo was taken. It goes across the strip on this wall.

He absolutely loves this basketball hoop on the door. When his friends come over now, I can barely get them to go outside. They love playing basketball in here.

We both thought the baseball and football pillows were really cool and a great addition to the room. He is a happy boy. Even though the room is smaller,  it is totally HIS space!

The daffodil glade

Hard at work

Big sister has enlisted little sissy's help to create her artwork on the driveway. She has convinced the toddler that she needs to blow on the chalk after big sister colors. She takes this job very seriously and is a hard worker!