Peace

Some people probably blog about peace on Earth and peace in war torn countries.....this blog is about peace at bedtime.

Does this picture look familiar?

That was taken June 8th......

Here is tonight's picture.....

Notice the changes? Yep, yellow paint instead of pink. You know what that means? Peace on Earth...or atleast in our house at bedtime.

You see, we tried to have the girls share a room so Marina can have her own room in a couple of months. I kept saying, there is no way this will work and my mom kept saying, "oh sure it will, they will probably become best friends." Guess what, mom (me) knew best. IT DID NOT WORK! Lauren would not be quiet and Emma got very frustrated with her. Even last week, Lauren got out of bed and started playing Emma's guitar and singing which really didn't go over well for the "best of friends." :)

We tried lots of things including Lauren skipping naptime and she still was ready to chat with Emma at bedtime. Last week I even started putting Lauren to bed first and rather early and it still took her an hour to settle down and go to sleep.

OK, I am rambling now but seriously, I don't know why I dreaded splitting them up. I think maybe because I thought Lauren would be devastated or maybe that I didn't want to confuse her. BUT, turns out when I tucked both girls in bed tonight in their own bedrooms there was no crying and no drama which I cannot tell you how excited I was. We may have to lose our toyroom in a couple of months to Marina but the toys will just have to be downsized and remain in each girl's room. It is worth the extra sanity.

Two days ago we noticed this sticky note on Emma's door.....

(maybe not best friends yet but they will be someday)