What were we thinking??

We spent the day at home and we got bored, so we decided to rearrange Ethan and E's rooms because they're both getting new beds.  Well, we finally finished Ethan's room after pulling hair and teeth.  But his really wasn't too hard but E's room is never a quick fix to rearrange.  She just has too many machines and cords everywhere that it really does take planning, a lot of planning.

You'd think that I would have learned my lesson from the last few shuffles we did, but NOOOOOOOOOO so here I am at 9pm...E is hooked up to her machine on the couch in the living room, 2 hrs before the nurse shows up, all medical supplies all over the floor, dresser, shelf and couch (the one that is in her room).

AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH

I don't wanna finish...I hate restringing power cords and surge protectors (how many can one room have??) Ok, next time I get a bright idea to rearrange another room in this house, somebody PLEASE stop me!

I'll post pix later, if I can find my camera.  

PS.  We'll be finalizing E's adoption soon! *yay* Oh, but E has told a Dr. and a nurse, and myself, that she doesn't want her name to be "what it currently is"....that's another post for another day....but really, it's sad and her reasoning makes sense in a 6 year old's world.

Chinese Fire Drill

So we've decided that in order to keep our sanity (and our hair), we needed to shuffle kids around and give them each their own space and room.  So how do you fit 3 kids in a 3 bedroom house?? Ha!  You play chinese fire drill with the rooms!

Enzo doesn't do well with transition and changes. Ok I lied, he doesn't do changes and transitions period. So when we moved him out of his room (the "beach room" as he likes to call it) and into Ethan's room for them to share, that was more than enough to mess him up and the boy has only slept 2-3 hrs a night since (when we're lucky!)

We have a a separate dining room that we turned into a play/tv room last year for Ethan and Enzo.  We never used it as a dining room because we have an eat in kitchen.  And as a play/tv room, they never really used it either!  Ethan would sit in there to play on the computer once in a while, but not enough to justify keeping the space as is.

So figured we can turn it into an extra bedroom.  We'll eventually close it off with a door but for what we need right now, it actually worked out perfect! (God is good right??)

Ethan needed his own space that the 2 little kids really wouldn't go into.  Enzo just wanted his 'beach room' back and E need her room to be more 'nurse'-friendly and less Enzo-friendly.  Besides, E only plays wherever Enzo is and doesn't care to be in her room.

So, when we played chinese fire drill, Enzo got his 'beach room' back and he slept in it without a fight last night!  Ethan got his pre-teen space back without his little siblings in his business, and the nurse was so thrilled that we moved E to her new room!  She said she wanted to suggest it when she first came, but didn't want to intrude.

Plus, E's room is much closer to my room, which really is better for her and us.    No more Enzo around her medical equipment!

Now all I need to do is move our medical supply store to her new room...Yikes! just when I got majority of it organized and labeled!

Date Night at the "Coin Laundry"

We finally decided to just grab all our laundry, stuff it in garbage bags, toss in the back of the Jeep, and head out to the local "Coin Laundry" place.  2 Hours later, Wow, ALL of our laundry is done!!!  Can you believe it?  Don't get me wrong, we have our own washers, but its small and will take forever.  We used 55lbs loaders (I'm not gonna tell how many we used), but it was awesome!  The "Coin Laundry" place was impressively safe and clean.  And to top it all of, the Detergent, Softener and Dryer Sheets, and more garbage bags were FREE!!!.... another Wow!

It was hypnotizing.  Enzo did really well.  As long as its spinning, he's content.  Honestly, I like starring at washers too.  Even at home, I find myself starring at the washer as it spins before I close the lid.  But anyhooo, we are done!