Room change...

To start I do really love my boys. Sometimes they are a little too "boyish" though. Since we've lived here mornings have taken a turn for the worst. We started out with Elek and Keenan in their own rooms. Then came baby. Where does one put the new baby? He was with us for awhile then he had to move out. We thought the best solution was to put the big boys together and let baby have his own room. Elek and Keenan were sooo excited to share a room. That is when the problem began. Being on the third floor - we can't hear them until they are full into some game of jumping off beds or dressers or whatever elts it is that they do. Keenan is a night owl and Elek is an early riser. This means no sleep and two cranky boys in the morning. To make it better, not only will Elek wake up Keenan he then picks at him. Until finally Keenan loses it and starts screaming. Oh so fun!
Waking up monday morning to their screaming was it. I told them they lost there privilage to sleep in the same room. They were very surprized by this. I told keenan he was sleeping with camden. Elek then says, "you have to sleep in the baby room, baby!" Where did this come from? So, If I'm not happy and keenan's not happy why should elek be? *Evil mommy gleam* I then told Elek, HE was moving to the baby room and camden was going in with Keenan. That did it, no one was happy! :)
The boys were even more surprized after breakfast when I got the tools out to take apart the bed and started doing it! Shaun was also very surprized when he came home from work. That night the room changes were complete. And everyone went to sleep!
Wow! Why didn't we think of this sooner? There was no hanging and swinging from the *blinds, no yelling boys, no matresses sideways on the bed frames, no wall paper border torn, no jumping off beds, dressers or window frames....Yes, they have been very naughty the last 12months. Last night we didn't even have to tell them to go back to bed. We tucked them in and that was it!!! Hopefully it last awhile:)

*"What happened?" (Blinds on the floor at the end of a bed) Keenan comes over gets all sad and says in his best pouty voice, "that blind just fell on me and it hurt my head :( " The blinds actually snapped in half from the mounting thing at the top! The boys were in big trouble. There money was taken away to pay for new blinds. When this story came out at christmas(elek talking to his aunt) He told her about how the blinds broke and then "my mom just took all our money!" His Aunt asked if that was to help pay for the blinds. Elek, all big eyed and innocent, "no, she just took it!
-There was a lesson well learned! Ha, ha! :)