Finally, a big bed! Travis loves having it.
Sara likes sleeping in "Travy's" bed
(we keep trying to tell her it is her bed now)
The kids are growing. The family is growing. Time for some new beds and room changes. One of the hardest decisions for me lately has been trying to figure out where to put the baby. We have a good set up right now, 4 bedrooms, 2 kids, that leaves one vacant room--A playroom. We really don't want to give the playroom up. We are planning on adding a "loft" or 2nd family room over our dining room and living room hopefully in 6 months or so which will be wonderful, but for now, what to do? Being that we have no idea what the sex of this baby is, which would make the decision a little easier, we thought that for the time being, Travis and Sara would share Travis's room and the baby would sleep in Sara's room. (I know what some of you are saying to yourselves right now, just have the baby in your room and problem solved. With Sara, Jay and I had a good thing going for the first 6 weeks...Sara and I slept in one room, so that when she woke up in the middle of the night it did not disturb anyone, and then in the morning when Travis woke up, Jay took care of him and got him ready for the day. I got to sleep in until 9 or so everyday. Wonderful I tell you!! I really like the idea of being able to sleep in a bit and having my wonderful husband take care of the other kids in the morning.)
Back to the dilemma...last week we put another bed in Travis's room and tried to have Sara sleep in there. Did not work. That first night we put them to bed and tried it out for over an hour, but they just did not settle down. Sara went back to her crib in her room. We tried it for 4 nights, but they only got 2 chances each night. Sara ended up in her crib every night. We decided to try Sara on the toddler bed in her room, and it has worked fine. My question is, how do you get kids to go to sleep in the same room? I need some advice. I am running out of time. I have heard it might work putting them to bed at different times, but Sara is starting to stay up later and Travis is getting tired earlier (no more naps). HELP!!!!
Travis finally got his Razor Scooter. Yesterday my dad put it together for him. He was so excited! When he saw it he said, "Now I can go play in the street like all the other kids". Most of the kids on the street play in their front yards and in the street. I am probably looked at on our street as antisocial, but I can't stand my kids playing in the front. I am afraid that now I might have a new battle on my hands. 
Yesterday, I moved Sara's bed back into Travis's room. We decided to bit the bullet and just make them sharing a room work. Well IT DID last night!! I think that Jay threatened them with physical harm if they got out of bed. It also helped that Travis was very tired. He fell asleep and Sara was awake for quite a while after just playing with her dolls in the bed. Sara's room is ready for the baby...the crib ready, cleaned and raised, even the sheets are on. 
This morning, Sara did the funniest thing. She came into my bathroom this morning naked and just jumped on the toilet and said she was going to go potty just like mommy, daddy and Travy. She sat there for a while, but didn't do anything (we have not really been potty training yet, diapers are just so convenient.) Then she went to her room to get dressed. I found her with Travis's underwear on and her shorts on backwards. It was so cute. Little Sara is obsessed with clothes. She changes her clothes several times a day. She also always asks to go shopping. She loves shoes and always wants to go to the store to buy her some new ones. When at Babystyle, most kids like to play with the toys, but not my Sara, she goes around and picks out clothes and brings them to me and says, "Mom, this is a cute outfit" and then finds another one. Got to love it, but at the same time, this might be trouble. Actually, I will probably be the one in trouble, or would it be Jay... 2 big shoppers.
