| | Mikey has a new bed!
Yesterday, my sister, Mikey, and I went to
Target, where we got Sir Michael of the Suddenly Wide Feet a new pair
of shoes. He's outgrown the size 12 shoes I got him too big three or
four months ago, and we couldn't find a single pair of size 13s that he
found comfortable. We did, however, find a pair of size 1s that Mikey
loves the feel of, even if big kids' shoes aren't nearly as cool as the
little ones. No more flashing Buzz Lightyear shoes for the Moo.
Note to self: Target does not carry boys' shoes in wide widths.
We
also picked him up three pairs of size 6 jeans, which are WAY too big
in the waist. Thank goodness for Wrangler's adjustable waistbands!
He picked out for himself a new winter hat. It has skulls and crossbones all around the brim. He loves it: "It's pirate-y!"
Then
off to Ikea for the new bed. We wandered around Kids' Ikea for a while
before finding the perfect bed! (We got it without the canopy.)
Mikey
played under it for about ten minutes before we dragged him out to pick
out a duvet cover and pillow sham. We also got some hanging storage for
his room and an irresistible hobby horse. Then we headed downstairs and
got him some cheap sheets.
We had a lot of fun.
It was
too late when we got home last night to put the bed together for him,
so it waited until after we got home this afternoon. I rearranged his
room and opened up the box and quickly realized two things: 1.) The bed
would not fit where I was planning on putting it. 2.) Mikey's room is
way too small for a project that size. Also, this bed is the most
complicated Ikea project I have ever seen: lots of pieces, lots of very-similar-but-not-quite-the-same pieces, and only four pieces that were labelled.
But
it's done. I had to enlist Dad's help about halfway through to push on
one end while I pushed on the other, because man, is the fit on some of
the pieces ever tight. We didn't get it done until 10, though; so Mikey
is still sleeping on his crib mattress underneath his new bed, because
we decided to wait until tomorrow to do the mattress merry-go-round.
(Mikey gets the mattress I have now, and I get the really nice mattress
that used to be mine that currently resides in the basement. It would
be easier to just give Mikey the basement mattress, but it has a
pillow-top that makes it too thick to put in the KURA bed.)
But for all the time it took and all the headache, Mikey now has the coolest bed ever. |
| | Posted 10/9/2006 1:05 AM - 29 Views - 10 eProps - 5 comments
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