Yesterday, the kids’ new beds were delivered. Robyn and I have been talking about moving them up to bigger, more comfortable beds but we have been putting it off due to the size of their room. We mulled over getting bunk beds (too high) and captain beds with storage drawers underneath (too pricey) and every layout variation (not that there are a lot of options for the size of their room!) we could think of. Since I got a nice bonus this year and we got our good tax refund we decided that this was the time to make the move.

Finally, we serendipitously found a great solution in a newspaper ad – box spring mattresses with drawers built in! They were not much more expensive than standard box springs and they are normal size so we don’t have to deal with them taking up more room than they need to. Of course, Robyn found a great deal and we bought them and all the necessary items to go along with them. We paid for the delivery and set up and everything went quite smoothly – even getting their old convertible cribs into the attic for storage:

How to store a crib in the attic

We were able to Freecycle a ton of stuff and throw a lot of other old toys and puzzles away to make room and tidy up before the delivery. It took all of about 15 minutes for the guys to set up the bed frames, bring up the mattresses and box springs, stack them on top of each other, dispose of the plastic and shipping stuff and head out. Well worth the delivery fee and $20 tip (I can’t let those guys leave empty handed…maybe I should have asked if they needed an some old toys or cribs?). Robyn set about prettying things up with sheets, pillows and comforters and we were finished by about 3pm!

Big Kids' Room

The kids’ first night didn’t go as well as we might have hoped. They were so excited about the beds and screwed up by changing sides of the room and the whole new situation that they had a hard time falling asleep. When I got home from running a few errands (Chili’s for mom and dad!) around 9:30, Robyn told me that the boy had just fallen asleep! Yikes!

Sidenote: Apparently, I am unable to eat an entire Chili’s hamburger with fries anymore. I was so stuffed after that meal that I was uncomfortable and then woke up this morning with heartburn, which I never have! I think I’ll have to cut those things in half next time!

Tonight was not much better. We had an early Spring snowstorm today that left us with a few inches of snow and about an inch of hale around dinner time. On top of that, we saw a few flashes of lightning and heard some thunder as the kids were going to bed. I sat with them for a while and Chloe drifted off. Gabriel, however, gave us a hard time. We tried to be sensitive but firm and he finally went to sleep around 9pm.

Another milestone down!

Ready for their first night in big kids' beds