New Shoes & New Room

What a day...what a weekend!

With all this stuff that Grandma and Grandpa had brought with them, plus the new bed and the old bed--it was going to take some really hard work to get this apartment back in to shape.


Garren spent the morning putting together Mallory's old bed in Gracie's room. Then I spent even more time trying to rearrange everything and make it fit. Believe it or not all but one thing fit back neatly. Although it took many, many courses of rearranging to get it right.


I am pretty happy with the result. I do want to get Gracie a bed spread and I think I will have to make it. I really want yellow or blue gingham. I may even get creative and make some matching curtains. We also need a bed skirt. And for the red table, I was thinking how cute would it be to have a checker board and pieces for it!


I think with the new layout you get an even bigger picture of her farm theme. It looks great. I took pictures so you can see how everything fits.

The one thing that didn't go was the stage. I still have it sitting in the hallway, because I hate to see it go downstairs. Gracie loves this toy, and it really seems to boost her self esteem and confidence as she puts on performance after performance. So, I am going to have to work on that one. Maybe I can find a way to store it in the closet.


And after all that organizing we had to get groceries. Before the long trek to Wal Mart we did take Gracie to the mall to get several new pairs of shoes as Grandpa had insisted. She ended up getting a Hello Kitty pair of water shoes for the pool and river, white lace ups for everyday wear, white patten leather for church, and later at Wal Mart she got a pair of white canvas play shoes. (I may go back and get a few more pair of these in different colors. They were only $6)

PS: Gi-Gi detox went a little easier tonight. When I tucked her in to bed she said "mommy, I miss gi-gi." I talked to her for a few minutes to reassure her. She went on yelling "I am not a BIG girl" for a little while tonight before passing out from exhaustion. Say your prayers that she keeps adjusting well.

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