Spring Break at our house isn’t a week loaded with vacations, activities and general fun. It isn’t all bad, the kids have plenty of time to play with friends, and there are late nights, with movies and popcorn. It is a nice break from the regular grind. Usually I have some big project that we all work on during spring break, typically it has something to do with spring cleaning and packing away winter clothes, cleaning closets, that kind of stuff.
This year was a moving day for my girls. Because baby sister is coming and needs a little room we used our week long vacation to move the big girls around. Right now our home has 4 finished bedrooms: the master bedroom, little brother’s room, and the other two were shared by two girls a piece. We (I) decided that all 4 of the older girls could share the basement room, when it was built we make it rather big with a big closet and it can easily accomidate 4 growing girls, that way the baby can have a nursery, and won’t be interupted when she is napping, on the other side an older child won’t be locked out of their room while baby is napping or woken up by baby durring the night.
A lot of people express suprise and wonder (out loud) at my general sanity, putting 4 girls in one room. At those times I am reminded of my own pioneer ancestors who slept many people in a room, infact I just finished reading a biography where one family was so excited and happy that they had finally built themselves an 8×10 foot cabin to sleep all twelve of them, and that they no longer had to sleep in tents. I would dare say that it has only been in recent history that it was felt that children were intitled to their own room or to only have to it share with one sibling.
That being said, I did want to make the move and the room special for my girls. They are good sports about the whole thing, and I haven’t heard a single complaint durring the whole process, infact I have had a couple of them say how excited they were to all be together. The biggest adjustment that has had to be made was the older girls learning to be quiet when they go to bed when the littler ones are asleep, also the first few nights they were up giggling and playing games. One of the first nights they were down there together they asked if they could “play quietly in bed”. This is something I let them do often, and it means that they can read or color quietly in bed until they are sleepy. Well after a little while Dadzoo went to check on them and found all 4 girls sitting on one bed playing card games. They were promptly sent to their own beds to sleep, but we weren’t mad at them, I love that they are making friends with each other.
Anyway, I will stop talking and show pictures of their new room. It has never been completely decorated before, so I am excited to have decorated a very girly room for my girls!
Foo on those that questioned you. My 2 sisters and I shared a room for a while and we loved it. We had lots of fun playing together in our room and keeping each other company.
You’ll get no questioning looks from me, I used to share a room with my *gasp* 2 younger brothers. The double bunk beds look like they’ll work out great in there. Cute room!
I love it! Some of my favorite memories are the good times I had with my 2 sisters in the bedroom area we shared! Your girls are so lucky/blessed to have you for a mom and each other for friends.
When our basement flooded we tried really hard to figure out a way to make the two small rooms downstairs into one big one for all four of our boys to share. The wall between the rooms was a weight bearing wall, so it couldn’t be tackled easily. I love room sharing. I think it’s great and their room is darling!!
I agree with you and I LOVE all the white and flowers you used in decorating their new room! Your girls (and little guy) are very precious! You and them are truly blessed!
Blessings,
Aimee
It looks like a lot of fun. I LOVE their bookshelf. Do you mind if I ask where you got it? I’d love one like that.
Tiffany, I got the bookshelf at IKEA (my new favorite store!). I also have a “butter in the blender” post coming just for you 🙂
I grew up in a family with one boy and one girl. I always dreamed of sharing a room with a sister. I think this is a fantastic way to build family culture. One young man I dated right before I married my husband lived in a very small three bedroom house with his family. He shared with his brother, when they weren’t away at school or missions. His four younger sisters slept in the same room in two double beds. They were very close and loving with each other. I envied, yes, green eyed envied this family and their close bonds.
I shared with my 2 sisters. We were in the large family room together and LOVED it! It was only for a couple of years though. There was a missionary and a wedding, so we went to separate rooms in high school. It looks really cute the way you set it all up for them.