Change is good.

I'm a big fan of change. Not major change like moving to another state or changing jobs, or things like that. But little changes. I am forever changing my hair ... the color, the length, etc. And I love to change things around in my house. It's a small house, so sometimes it can start to feel a bit cramped. But just simply changing around the furniture in a room, or giving it a new fresh paint color, can make it feel bigger, newer, more exciting!

So for the last 8 months we have had the girls sharing a bedroom, while we've used the other bedroom as our schoolroom ... you might recall I posted pictures of our homeschool classroom back in September. This arrangement actually worked very well for awhile. H had been going through a very tough time with her sleep habits at night, but as soon as we put them in the same room it all got better. She started sleeping soundly all night and seemed to feel more secure just knowing that J was in the room with her. We also enjoyed having a space to keep all the school stuff.

Well recently I got this idea in my head ... and you know me, once I think of something I have to carry it out as soon as possible! So on Monday when we had a snow day, and Bob was out of town for the day, I did some major room changing! I moved ALL the school stuff downstairs to our finished basement/family room area. And I moved ALL of H's stuff and furniture out of the pink room and into the former school room. It was SUCH A BIG TASK! I must have run up and down the stairs at least 100 times! I even took apart and moved the bed all by myself and then put it all back together again!

Now that everything is all moved and settled I am so happy with the change. These are a few of the positives:
*H now has space of her own which is good because she sometimes just likes to be alone.
*J now has a BIG open space in her room to play which she is enjoying.
*The room was SO cramped when they shared that it was never clean, so maybe with more space we can keep things neater.
*The schoolroom was very small and cramped as well but downstairs we have LOTS of space to spread out and do school time.
*The computer is also now 'in' the schoolroom since it was already downstairs.
*The girls can get to sleep easier since they won't be keeping each other awake.
*H can stay up (just a little) later (to read books) than J since she's a little older and J really needs more sleep.
*They won't wake each other in the morning if one is up before the other.
*They are both sleeping really well in the separate rooms!

CONS:
*The basement is COLD! Especially this time of year. But we have space heaters to use if needed, or we can bring some school work upstairs if it's a really freezing day ... and spring will be here before we know it!

So with all those pros and only one con ... I am really happy that we went ahead with this change. I'll post some pictures soon when I finish cleaning everything up!! :)