Laowai

 

It really makes me feel like a Mom, and a grown-up for that matter, to have a whole room dedicated to children. We had an office slash kid room before, but now we have a full fledged kid’s room. We cleaned up and put some stuff on the walls today. We’re developing a bit of a bug theme on Bea’s side of the room. We hung up our world map – good for pointing out where grandmas and grandpas live and where we live now. We have a big ladybug pillow from IKEA. And we put up our paper bumble bee that we found at The Paper Place in Midland. I love how her doll house looks on the church rummage sale dresser. We’ll renovate that house someday. We made a paper bumble bee garland to hang in front of the curtains. I finally finished the curtain for the bottom part of Bea’s bed – it makes it a private little space just for her. We read books down there before bedtime – we even installed a light. I’m really enjoying making the room a bright and comforting spot and I love seeing Bea happy in her big girl bed. Lately after we tuck her in she insists on “reading” for a while. She takes the three books that we read and re-reads them to herself. I stand outside her door listening to her sweet animated rendition of each story. I also like the idea that she may be developing a love of books. I can almost picture my teenage Bea reading in her bed late into the night and having to nag her to turn her light out. A mom can hope… right?