Boys Room Reveal and Other Happenings

It has been a very busy week!  We have had a great time with Grandpa Bill.  He's helped us with a lot of projects and it's just been really nice having him around.  Grandma Pam arrived on Wednesday and helped with lots of birthday things.  We love our grandparents!

The boys visited the school playground with Daddy

They played some basketball too

Grandpa Bill gave me a few painting lessons and then turned me loose to cover a few walls with color

I've got more plans for this wall, but it's done for now

We enjoyed really warm days and the boys got out their stomp rocket

One of the projects Grandpa Bill helped us with was restoring the Honda's bumper

We ordered a new one off of eBay, it got painted and attached to the car

Yay!  No more ghetto car!

The boys provided plenty of entertainment in the evenings and enjoyed playing and wrestling with Grandpa

Justin specializes in mid-flight action pics!

And we decided to do a makeover in the boys' room as part of their birthday gift.  Theirs is the coldest room in the house, so I sort of got inspired when I started looking to upgrade their bedding.  One thing led to another, and now they have a "space room".  (:  The boys got to camp out in the computer room for a night so we could put this together and then surprise them.  

I put fabric decals on the wall--a big thanks to Grandma Pam for her help with these. The down comforters, star lamps, and canopies are from Ikea--yay for Ikea!

The rest is all things they've acquired over the years.

I love the art wire--it's a great place to display their creations.  Grandpa Bill installed all of the hardware in the room for us.

The solar system was a gift from Aunt Kenzie for Christmas.  It glows in the dark.  Justin put these up, and he and Grandma Pam also put 200 glow-in-the-dark star stickers all over the ceiling.  It looks very cool when the lights are out.

Grandpa Bill took off the closet doors so we could move the dresser into the closet, leaving a lot more space in the room now.

It turned out very well and the boys really like it.  They even wanted to show M & A yesterday during the party.  (:

This is my favorite...and I hope they know it's true.

They really like having a "big boy" room and promised to be responsible for all of the new things.

The boys started swimming lessons last week!  We go on Tuesdays after school.  Yay for remembering to take them after registering! (: