Friday, September 16, 2011

Moving

No, we're not moving. We'd love to but we're not. I won't bore you with the details but lets just say the economy sucks. You know somethings wrong when you can afford a newer, nicer, bigger home, but you can't afford to sell the smaller, older one you're already living in.
So in light of making the best of it, I've been thinking about re-organizing. We've frequently done this in the past 5 years that we've lived in our two bedroom home in order to make best use of our space. But now with two kids who are only getting bigger and a real estate market that doesn't look anywhere close to improving in the near future, it's becoming even more important to make the most of what we have.
I've always been one of those moms that tell people when buying gifts for my kids to stay away from anything big.
1. I don't want to have to find a place for it in a home that is running out of corners, and
2. Why spend big bucks on a life size kitchen set when my toddler is happy playing with the sticks and leaves she found in the yard (seriously, this is her newest thing...On the bright side, Carlos doesn't have to pick up as many sticks before mowing). Thankfully, people have listened to me and because of that our house doesn't look like a ransacked isle of Toys R Us.
The "playroom" is B's bedroom. However, it's almost time for the inevitable sharing of the bedroom for our two kids. I've held off this long because R tends to be a finicky sleeper. Meaning he often wakes up around midnight and cries just long enough for me to give in and feed him in order to get him back to sleep. He's not hungry just spoiled. I know, people, back off, it's a small house and I don't want him waking his sister.
Apparently my brother and I (17 months apart) shared a room as young children and that worked out fine. It couldn't have been too traumatizing because my mom barely remembers it.
All this to say, what are your thoughts? Kids sharing bedrooms. Different sleep schedules. They're young enough that the whole boy/girl thing shouldn't matter for a few more years. And by then, God willing, we'll be in a new home.
Tell me what you think.

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