Phoenix and Axel share a room!

Two weeks have come and gone faster than a blink of an eye. Here is Axel with a creation he built during a play date at Ezra's house. He is wearing his robe because he went from swim lessons to the play date and didn't want to change. 

Last weekend was all about starting to prepare for Baby Szolusha #3. I was getting stressed that if I wait until after I stop working and after winter break that I might not have enough time to prepare. I wanted to transition the kids well before he comes in order to make sure that I limit the amount of change at one time. First we went through Axel's bedroom. I got rid of over a garbage bag full of recyclable art work as well as a bag full of clothes that no longer fit. I was able to condense his clothing to half the closet and half of his dresser. The biggest project was going through all of his Legos and reorganizing them. Luckily, we were able to complete this task in just over 4 hours. 

After we managed to get through his clothes, I then went through Pheeny's clothes. I was extremely excited that I was able to consolidate their belongings. They officially share a room, each getting half of the dresser, half of the closet and half of a bunk bed!  

I started this project only after testing their ability to sleep next to each other two nights in a row. Phoenix slept in the trundle bed on Friday and Saturday nights and took her naps in his room as well. Because they did so well, we decided to build their bunk bed on Sunday. They were so exited about the bunk beds that Phoenix did not nap on Sunday. We headed to Axel's classmate Gaspard's birthday party fully wound up and tired from the lack of sleep because of the bunk bed. Here is a picture of Axel and his classmates. 

 Phoenix had fun at the party as well. She played on the couch and did gymnastics. She got the idea from one of Axel's classmates who is very good and competitive at gymnastics. She was doing all types of tumbling when the party started.

 Phoenix was getting very tired from all of the tumbling and excitement. At this point she was tired of waiting for the birthday cake. Her entire motivation in going to the party was to have birthday cake. They waited until the last 10 minutes of the party to serve the cake.

 Axel enjoyed his yummy dairy-free cocoa cookie while Phoenix ate a piece of cake.

 Daddy and I also enjoyed the cake which had fresh strawberries and bananas!

 After a long day of excitement we went straight home and I put Phoenix to sleep by 6:15pm. She was beyond tired and sound asleep. I had Axel in bed by 7:15pm because he was also a bit sleep-deprived from the early waking each morning. Phoenix usually wakes 30 to 60 minutes before Axel and with sharing a room comes sharing bedtimes and morning awakenings.

I was exited to spend the evening with Keith with the kids tucked in to bed early. We were quite pleased with all that we had accomplished and we both went to bed a little tired ourselves. Well, at 1:40am I heard Axel get up to go to the bathroom. I can always here him because he closes the bedroom door behind him. Well, this not only woke me, but Phoenix as well. I heard Axel walk down the hall and never heard the door shut. My instinct told me to get up and check on them, but I talked myself out of it and fell back to sleep. At 3am Keith and I awoke to a knocking sound or rather the sound of Phoenix walking down the hall in her dress up shoes. Keith and I got out of bed to see both kids outside our bedroom door. Axel said, "We have been up the whole time. We aren't tired and have been playing in the pin ball room." I didn't ask anymore questions but quickly got both kids back to bed explaining that night time is for sleeping and day time is for playing. Axel responded with, "I thought it was morning time. I saw light coming in from the bathroom." I kindly explained it was the light of the moon and kissed them both goodnight. After getting back to bed Keith and I had a very good laugh and laughed the entire next day. Both kids were more than exhausted! Luckily, they are back on track and caught up on sleep and are doing better and better sleeping in their exciting bunk beds, a.k.a. secret hide outs!