We found and bought bunk beds for the boys room! For those who don't know, the second floor is dormered and the ceiling slants on both sides so a regular bunk bed just won't fit. Well, we went to IKEA and found a "reversible bed" that is only 46 inches high (just tall enough to fit in the room). We put Deg and Ricky in one bed upside-down so Deg is in the top bunk and Ricky's in the bottom bunk. Joey's bed is "the right way" so he can throw blankets over it to get some "privacy" if he wants it.
Here are the pics:
Now on to the really funny stuff.
Last Saturday Joey wanted to go play with his friends. I told him yes and he asked if he could ride his bike. So we took it down and as I was filling the tires he asked if he had to wear his helmet. "Of course you have to wear your helmet baby." "OK, it's a little tight though." "OK so we'll get you a new one." And then as if the light bulb suddenly went on.... "I know why I have to wear my helmet mommy!" "Yeah, Joe, why do you have to wear your helmet?" "So I don't break my arm again." Trying not to laugh out loud I sent him on his way. I walk into the house to tell Ed(Gunga). As soon as I finish telling him Deaglan waddles out of the bathroom with his underwear pulled up and is struggling with his pants. I tell him Bear, just take your pants off for nap(it was after lunch and nap time comes after lunch) and he says but what if I go outside?
Later that day Joey's friend Conrad comes over with his sister Jenny. Conrad is in 4th grade Jenny is in 2nd like Joe. They're all playing the Wii and Deg decides to put one of the controllers in his mouth (long story short he puts everything in or by his mouth, yes he is almost 5), so he gets grounded from the Wii. Well, because he can't play he turns the game off while everyone else is still deciding what game to play next. Joey, Conrad and Jenny all decide to go to the park. Well there's a small park about 4 blocks from the house, I know where it is but Ed doesn't so he decides to take Ricky for a walk to find it. 10 minutes after he leaves the rest of the herd decides they want to go, so Conrad calls his mom and tells her the change in plans. She agrees and I decide to let Joe and Deg do a really big kid thing. I let Joe take Deg to the park without a grown up. Ed was at the park so I felt okay with the whole thing. Deg was so proud to be able to go to the park without a grown up and so did Joey seeing as how he got to really "look out" for his little brother. They're growing up too fast!
So, Sunday, Chis comes home from work and I have the great idea to run to Ikea in Bollingbrook (for those of you who don't know the store that Chris works at is in Bollingbrook, coincidentally right across the street from Ikea) and pick up the beds. We left the house at 7:20pm and the store closes at 8. Without traffic it's a 35 minute drive. We made it to the store at 7:55, bought the beds, dropped them off at home and then drove to my mom's to pick up a mattress for Ricky.
Monday, Chris has the day off with no kids because we had parent teacher conferences for Joe. (He's doing great! All A's and B's). I got home from work at 5ish and we started putting the first bed together. I had to watch my girlfriend's kids so she and her husband could go to their son's parent teacher. So I got home at almost 8, just as he and Joe were finishing. We put the kids to bed and all was well.
Tuesday, I got off work early and as soon as Chris got home from work at 4:30 we started putting the second bed together. We finished around 8 and put the kids to bed. I went to help cheer on a friend's husband in the Karaoke Olympics at a bar not far from the house (he didn't make it to the finals) and received a text message from Chris at about 10:30 stating that I had to guess which child decided to free fall from the top bunk. (It was Ricky). He jumped 46 inches from Bear's bed to the floor, without injuring himself (Thank God).
Wednesday. Chris picks the kids up from school because again he had the day off with no kids. They get home and he tells the boys to go in the front room, take off their shoes and put their things away. Deaglan decides to kick his shoes off and one of his shoes flies into the window breaking one of the panels. Chris heard the crash and ran to find out what happened. When he asked Deaglan what happened, Deg said "Dad, I was taking off my shoe and when I kicked it off if just flew into the window." Classic Bear.
Thursday (today). So thanks to all the shenanigans that now go on upstairs at bedtime, I will take up the role of "The old Lady Whispering Hush" (Goodnight Moon) sitting in my rocking chair knitting, at bedtime.
Speaking of knitting. I have been working on an absolutely gorgeous shawl for myself and I have taken up another small hobby. Knitters commonly use a small ring called a stitch marker to mark a group of stitches on their needles. I made a few this past few days and I have to say I like making pretty things. The first picture is the shawl I'm making myself, the second and third pictures are the first and second set of stitch markers I made, and the last picture is the set I made using the boys birthstone colors. It kind of looks like a pastel Irish flag doesn't it?
