Raina's new room
The Whompton adults realized that transforming the bonus room into Raina's new "big girl" room would be a much easier endeavor than making it a baby room and then dealing with Raina wanting her current room to be changed too. So we convinced her to move into the bonus room, with a few incentives. 1) She got to pick the paint color AND she'd get to help paint. 2) She got to choose which furniture pieces she wanted to keep from both rooms. 3) We promised to get her settled well before kid 2 arrived. A winter break project!
Raina knew she wanted pink and purple paint, of course, and she didn't stray from that plan once at the paint store. In the end, she chose a pink-based pale lavender color. And, to continue with this year's Whompton theme of painting on holidays, we tackled the project on New Year's Day.
Eric moved all the furniture out, we dealt with all the stuff we no longer wanted (thank you, craigslist and basement!), suited up in trashy clothes, restrained hair, taped everything up, and geared up for a fun day. Eric chose the "supervising Raina" job, which we all agreed was very generous of him. He spent most of his time panicking, as Raina soaked her paint brush in paint and whipped it around, never looked where she was going with a dripping paint brush, and frequently walked off of the tarp. Poor Eric. He stomached maybe 10 minutes of it, and then convinced Raina that she had painted enough of her room. Krystal and Samantha took care of the rest!
Raina knew she wanted pink and purple paint, of course, and she didn't stray from that plan once at the paint store. In the end, she chose a pink-based pale lavender color. And, to continue with this year's Whompton theme of painting on holidays, we tackled the project on New Year's Day.
Eric moved all the furniture out, we dealt with all the stuff we no longer wanted (thank you, craigslist and basement!), suited up in trashy clothes, restrained hair, taped everything up, and geared up for a fun day. Eric chose the "supervising Raina" job, which we all agreed was very generous of him. He spent most of his time panicking, as Raina soaked her paint brush in paint and whipped it around, never looked where she was going with a dripping paint brush, and frequently walked off of the tarp. Poor Eric. He stomached maybe 10 minutes of it, and then convinced Raina that she had painted enough of her room. Krystal and Samantha took care of the rest!
The next day, we whisked Raina back to daycare and then Krystal and Samantha completed the transformation. We moved over the appropriate furniture, purged old toys, organized everything, and proudly presented Raina with her new, big girl room. She was happy, and Eric was stunned. For the first time in ages, Raina's room is clean! It stayed that way for approximately two days :)
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