Sunday, July 13, 2008

Two words: I ROCK!!

Ok - the nursery is DONE!!! For all you visitors who have no idea what I am talking about, I'll do a quick recap: My brother (T) and sister-in-law (Chris) had their 3rd child, Tyler, about 4 months ago. They are moving the 2 girls into a room together and giving Tyler the other room. Obviously it was decorated very pretty...for a girl. Not so good for a boy. I decided, thanks to a very vivid dream I had a while back, to redo the room as a surprise. Thankfully Chris spends long stretches down the shore, so I knew I would have about 2 weeks to get it all done. I got the OK from my brother, who was oh-so-grateful not to have to do it himself. The rest was up to me, my husband (who graciously came over one afternoon and helped me by rolling the walls - that's usually his job at our house - I cut in, he rolls - it's a system that works well for us), and my children (who were bored out of their minds for 2-3 hours everyday for 2 weeks!!!) T and Chris already had the bedding - Penn State. Honestly, I didn't even know they made college bedding for babies, but since T and Chris are both PSU grads, if anyone could find it - they could! :) Anyway - since I knew the theme, I just had to go from there. I went with collegiate strips, and then decided to take the Nittany Lion on a "walk" around the whole room. Then I scavenged through their house for final touches. The results: FANTASTIC!!! She should be home in less than an hour and I CAN'T wait!! Hopefully she likes it, because I'm off the clock!! :)

5 comments:

dodi said...

LOVE it!! You are too clever my friend! Your talents always impress me...

BTW - I have two rooms in my house that need finishing. I will let you know the theme idea and my vaca schedule so when I return, I can be surprised!

oh! And the kids are welcome to play with any of our things... thanks! :)

Rachel said...

You are amazing...I love the room.

chris said...

I love his room! This had to be one of the best suprises ever! Kaitlyn is now asking me "When is Aunt Mis going to redo my room" She says she wants Barbie Pink (haha)
Thanks again.....

T said...

I think "I Rock" is a little overboard here...... Just Joking
The room is now Nittany Proud. Awesome job!!!!!!!!

Amy said...

Oh yes, my crazy beautiful friend, you certainly DO rock!!! And you should know by now that they make "Penn State" ANYTHING!!!! You want it, you got it!
Great job, you are an inspiration!!!