New kids room project

We wanted to encourage our kids to express themselves, color, imagine, create, and ....play in their rooms more often and ask for cartoons less!

My friend Wesley gave me the idea to paint a wall in DF's room in magnetic chalkboard paint. I thought more about it and thought it was a really fun idea! I thought it could grow with them and they could write homework, or sight words, schedules, their own artwork, or drawings of whatever interests them at the moment on them. Wesley had a graffiti wall in her room in high school and we thought it was the coolest to write our volleyball numbers, crushes, etc on her wall. Since that changed pretty often, there were lots of scratches and scribbles over names so chalkboard seems much more practical. :)

We painted two large chalkboards on a wall in both of the kids rooms. We are already at the stage of what we do for one, we must do for the other, that even goes for what each other is eating, drinking, wearing, etc.

So far, we've all had a lot of fun with them! DF has had Batman, Superman, and a pirate ship so far and Franklin drew Cinderella's castle for our little princess, Nora. Franklin and I have even gotten in on the fun more than we expected. Having kids to play with is so much FUN! Nora clobbered me during their bubble bath Saturday night. It had us all laughing so hard and left my heart so full and happy! Spontaneous joy, laughter, touching moments, loving words, and playfulness seep into everyday with them around.