the sunroom

We all have visions of how things will be...especially for our kids.

Anthony and I were so excited to have a dedicated space for a playroom. I got a great deal on the coolest "graffiti" rugs at Lowe's...and we have a TV and computer set up for them in there with the rest of their million and a half toys. They are sharing a bedroom, at their own insistence, bless their hearts. I already mentioned the bunk bed fiasco and won't beat that one dead, except to say that I'm terribly bothered by their room being so unfinished, even if it's only been a week. As a huge fan of the open concept floor plan, I wouldn't even look at homes without it, envisioning our boys in the family room watching WonderPets or Spongebob while I roll sheets of homemade pasta in my new kitchen (small hyperbole). So, my strategy for furnishing our much larger home has been strategic, based on my expectations of how our family (especially the boys) would function in the new house. Well. I guess AJ and Adam had different ideas.

They have fallen in love with the sunroom. Now, this is quite a room, I have to admit. It is a spacious, fully insulated, windowed room that gifts gorgeous views on all sides and lets all the south facing light in all day long. I stuck an old TV in there (you know, the one that has the built in DVD and VCR and weighs a half ton?) the first night so the boys could watch their DVDs. We put our old Kmart wicker chair and the boys' Ikea table and chairs in there... That's basically it. I thought, 'Oh, as soon as we get our TV and couch into the open concept family room, they will join me in my vision of comfort.' Well, now we have the couch, and a very nice flat screen (thanks mom and dad) all hooked up and ready in the family room. And the boys insist on going into the sunroom to watch their old DVDs on the old TV sitting on the old Kmart wicker chair and the Ikea kiddie table. Even in the chilly morning before the sun has warmed it, they insist. 'No, stay in here with mommy. Get in your snuggly spot on the couch! I'll turn on this fancy TV that has a better picture than anything we've ever seen..." But no, they want the sunroom. And the old TV and the old Kmart wicker chair and the Ikea kiddie table...

ho hum.