Rob worked diligently to stain and polyurethane the bunk beds, and atlast they were ready for him to put together!! We still have some re-hanging of wall decorations, but other than that! It is all set up, and very clean! Much to our surprise Caden was all gung-ho to be on the top bunk!... until bedtime came. He informed us this morning that tomorrow night he might sleep on top. We won't hold our breath. Cole loves the top bunk, and we have to keep a close watch on him as he has a tendency to sneak up there by himself! We are currently teaching ladder etiquette.. one on the ladder at a time, although Caden will climb up to the top and just stand there so his brother can't come on "his" top bunk. I guess we will also need the no loitering rule!
Caden around lunchtime when he still thought he wanted to sleep in the top bunk. He even volunteered to take a nap! Although it only lasted 5 minutes before he decided he wasn't actually tired!
The boys at bedtime on the top bunk together.. At this point Caden was still excited to sleep up there! It wasn't until after story-time that the decision was made.
Cole in his future position on the bottom bunk. Note the quilt I made for Caden when he first moved into a twin bed... it has never been used, he refuses to use blankets like a normal person. First he lays down one of his ribbon blankets over his sheet and pillow, then the other lighter softer ribbon blanket is his cover blanket (you can probably see his set up in the 3rd and 4th picture!). Now that it is winter before we go to bed we pull up a heavier blanket that we spent our life savings on because it was the only twin size blanket that had a soft ribbon around it... of course he will not voluntarily use it! Ahh, Caden... he's our special boy! Anyway to make a long story short.. this adventure has reminded me that I need to make Cole a quilt. I think I will do it in a very similar pattern, however I can no longer get some of the fabrics since most of them were from JoAnn's and they often discontinue prints, but it is okay, because many of the fabrics are themed after Caden's particular interests, so Cole's would have been slightly different anyway!
Cole.. already mastering the ladder!
Top bunk Cole
2 comments:
Beautiful quilt and I love the color of the bunk beds. What stain is that, we need to finish Cameron's...
The stain is called Georgian Cherry.. it is a gel stain, however when we bought it 1 1/2 years ago for Caden's bureau and night stand, they were discontinuing it, but I'm sure you could find something similar! We bought extra in case we needed itagain.. good thing we had the foresight!
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