Upstairs

Our upstairs is basically done. There are a few things we (I mean Seth) needs to do, but it is livable and I am SUPER happy with it! This was our last weekend as a family of 3 and I had grand plans for today but the snow had other plans for us! I thought I would be bummed, but I think we had a perfect day. We lounged around (it is 6:15 Sunday night and I am still in my PJs, as are the boys!), painted, watched 2 movies, played with play-doh, lincoln logs...the list goes on and on...and Seth and I were able to finish up some projects!! And my mom made a good point, in a month or so we can do what I had planned with Dylan while grandma and grandpa Shaver spend some time with their granddaughter!! I think Dylan will enjoy that time with mommy and daddy more in a month than right now!

So, on to finishing up projects! We needed to hang some things up in our new room upstairs! Seth told a friend of his that the upstairs was his "man room" and when his friend came over a few weeks ago and saw what we had going on upstairs he felt it was FAR from a man room...which is what I want!!! Seth does have a small corner/wall he can claim as his man room!! The 2 pictures are framed Sports Illustrated covers from KUs National Championships in 88 and 08. I told Seth I think KSU will win it all this year then I can get one too!! Honestly though..I need something K-State up there, I just don't know what! I should have taken something from my sister's house last night...their game room has tons of cool K-State things and I doubt they would notice if I did take something!! On the wall when you come up the stairs we have a table with lots of pictures and 4 hanging on the wall. I will either change them to 2 of Dylan and 2 of Saylor or add some more frames to the right of these! And then their is Dylan's corner. He has his table and chairs to do arts and crafts on and a place to display his masterpieces! I have seen this done and luckily I had ribbon and clothespins so it cost me NOTHING!!!!! I LOVE the way it turned out and so does Dylan. I know he will love adding and changing out his pictures. I also have this same thing on the wall walking up the stairs that I hang pictures on. An easy and cheap way to display snapshots!

In the corner we also have more pictures and a wall decal that says "Kids and Toys Gather Here". Then more toys (but stored so nicely) and his giant bear! I will also be adding more pictures here...can you tell I love displaying pictures of Dylan and soon Saylor too!! Forget fancy art, just give me some snapshots of Dylan and Saylor!

It is a fun room for our family to hang out in!! It can get messy and we don't have to worry about it being the first thing people seeing when they come over! I see us spending a lot of time up here as a family of 4!!