delayed reaction

We have a 4 bedroom house which means everyone is lucky enough to have their own room.  Kyle and Jillian are in the 2 very small bedrooms, and Leah is in the biggest of the 3 kid rooms which used to be our spare room/office/dumping ground.  When I found out I was pregnant with Leah we moved the desk and computer to the mainfloor...which needed to happen anyways with Kyle's increased usage, I wanted it in public view at all times.  Everything else pretty much stayed the same, we just plunked the crib down on the spot where the desk was, I put a few decals on the wall, a change pad on top of the dresser and voila - a baby room.  I didn't do much because I anticipated a room switch once Leah was old enough to move to a bed.

Fast forward 2 years later, Leah is ready to move into a bed (heck, her and I spent a good chunk of those 2 years sleeping on the spare bed in her room together anyhow).  Kyle very much wanted this loft bed for his room so I bought that for him, did some repainting and minor decorating and he was happy with his newly done room...he loves the reading area under his bed, I love the cubes that hold the zillion books he owns.

At this point I assumed Jillian would move to the bigger room and Leah would just take over her sweet green and pink room.  But alas, Jillian did not want to move.  There wasn't even any debating on her part, Jillian wanted to stay where she was.  I really thought she would change her mind once the room was all done up for Leah so I gave her some extra time to think about it but her answer did not change.  I was happy to do a fun room for Leah so I painted it a nice purple, kept some green on the top and went a little crazy with Tinkerbell decorations.  I love those peel and stick wall clings.  I kept waiting for some kind of reaction from Jillian about Leah having a bigger room but it never came.

Until last night.  That's right, a full year later.  I put Jillian to bed as usual and went back in a few minutes later when I heard crying.  She tells me she just doesn't know what to do, it's a tough decision on whether to take the bigger room or not.  Umm, sweetie it isn't a choice at this point.  I explained she had the choice over a year ago but now it's all painted and decorated for Leah, it is Leah's room.  Let the sobbing begin.  Gosh, I better save money now for Jillian's future therapy if she gets this upset so much after the fact! 

At the time I did make a big point of making changes to Jillian's room as well, I bought her a new dresser and added some fun wall decals.  I think it's adorable, I love the colour scheme and the dollhouse bookcase my Dad made for her when she turned 2 years old.  So for now she's happy again in her pink room.  She would like a desk so I'm going to see if I can find some space for a small table although I don't know if it's possible.  I might instead designate an area of the basement playroom as her "office" instead.  Jillian is very big on having her own things, especially when she's the only one (she points these things out...constantly).  Since Kyle's desk is in his bedroom, I think she would be very happy to be the only kid in our house with office space LOL. 

And here are 2 cute pictures of the girls from the other day when they were carrying various baby dolls and stuffed animals around.  The sling Jillian is wearing is a child-sized version of the one I used for Leah (*sigh* I loved that sling and wearing Leah around).