Welcome to Five Things Thursday! I hope you can join in and play along :)
My kids share a room. It is one of the things about our current living arrangement that I hate the most. So, I figured it was about time I started thinking about some of the positives of having my kids share a room. Let's see if I can stretch it to five:
1. I can tend to them both at the same time
I try to see this as a benefit. There are occasions where I'm the only parent available and to have them both needing me at the same time, yet in different rooms, would be really challenging. There's been many times where I've been able to talk KK through something in order to delay her until I can get JJ settled.
2. 17 seconds to vacuum
With furniture lining the entire perimeter of their room, there is approximately 1 square foot of carpet left uncovered. It takes more time to open the door than it does to vacuum their room.
3. Less wall space to feel guilty about not decorating
Since their room is so full of necessities, and there is really no room for anything else, I have let myself off the hook when it comes to decorating their room. For awhile, I worked on a gender neutral theme, but it is just too cluttered in there. For now, KK and I dream together of what her future room will look like. (If you're thinking over-the-top girly, with a pink chandelier, you'd be right!)
4. One of everything
One monitor, one fan, one humidifier, one CD player, one crib, one toddler bed, one closet, one dresser, one rocking chair, one nightlight. One square foot of carpet.
5. Giggles in the morning
These two are already starting to take care of each other. KK has taken to entertaining JJ in his crib when he wakes up, leaving me enough time to
Now it's your turn. What's your five things this week? Write a blog post and link up to join the fun. Or, if you don't have a blog, leave me your list in the comments. You don't have to copy my topic, but feel free if you need a little direction. I can't wait to hear what y'all have to say!
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Giggles in the morning... that don't involve me... really appeals to this non-morning person, too.
ReplyDeleteYou gave me a great idea for a 5 things Thursday. I haven't played because my blog content seems dry right now. I am struggling with everything I post here lately. I will do this next week all about Sharing a room with the baby. It is tough but the crib will not fit in his brothers room so we share our room.
ReplyDeleteI love that they share a room and how cute that KK dressed JJ. Luke would never show that much interest in his brother but I think that is the difference between boys and girls.