I haven't been saying much about Giggles lately, but I need to because she's an AMAZING little spitfire! She's 28 months old and has been speaking in full sentences for a couple of months. She can count to 15, knows some colors (her favorite is yellow), and can recognize random letters of the alphabet (her favorite is K). I took her to a trial gymnastics class, and the kid is a natural! She tumbles, flips, climbs, and even glides effortlessly on the balance beam. I tell you, she's completely fearless! She loves dancing too and still enjoys her weekly classes at
Gymboree Play and Music.
She's no longer sleeping in a crib. I took it down a few months ago after she fell out of it. She started sleeping in our room after that, in a playpen, but we had to get rid of that too after I found out that she could climb in and out of that thing like it was playground equipment. I moved her to an air mattress on the floor in our room, and she and Pumpkin slept on that for about 4 days, maybe 2. They kept ending up in our bed so eventually QT was the one sleeping on the floor while the kids slept with me on the bed, haha.
After a couple weeks of that, I decided it was time for her and her brother to move back into their own rooms. I started by completely childproofing Giggles' room (including strapping down all the heavy furniture) and buying her a "big girl" bed. I added a cute chalkboard table, stools, and toy storage bins and threw in some stickers to update her old TV stand, and voila, cute, funky, new room!
Her new bed sits on the floor in a bed-sized niche in her bedroom so it's impossible to fall off in any direction. For a headboard, I used part of a little cottage play house that fits perfectly in the niche. I finished the bed/sleeping niche off with a (homemade) fabric canopy, whimsical animal print comforter, and matching animal pillows from IKEA. It's all very adorable, and both kids love it! They play in it every chance they get. Pumpkin even asked if I could do the same with his bed.
....So off I went in search of ideas.
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| Pumpkin's old bed |
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| Pumpkin's new bunk beds |
My first plan was to somehow transform his bed into a sleeping compartment like those found on trains. But the ceilings in the kids' rooms are pretty tall, and I didn't want to have to alter his nice bed or install PVC tubing or anything goofy like that. I was lucky enough one day to come across an ad for a loft bed that matched the blueberry color of Pumpkin's bed nearly perfectly. Pumpkin had been asking for a bunk bed, and I knew he'd be thrilled even if the end result didn't resemble a train sleeper.
His room was a little harder to do because I ended up moving everything around to get it all to fit right and also took advantage of having my neighbor's electric drill to hang up other prints, lights, and shelves in Pumpkin's room. It turned out great!
Pumpkin absolutely loves his new bed and his finished room! He and Giggles use the top bunk as a reading nook...when they're not on the floor playing with his wooden trains.
And I finally get to sleep comfortably in my own room in my own bed. Ahhh....
After a couple weeks of that, I decided it was time for her and her brother to move back into their own rooms. I started by completely childproofing Giggles' room (including strapping down all the heavy furniture) and buying her a "big girl" bed. I added a cute chalkboard table, stools, and toy storage bins and threw in some stickers to update her old TV stand, and voila, cute, funky, new room! 
His room was a little harder to do because I ended up moving everything around to get it all to fit right and also took advantage of having my neighbor's electric drill to hang up other prints, lights, and shelves in Pumpkin's room. It turned out great!
