Today we will do something I knew would happen. I will admit I expected it would happen sooner than this...but...it sort of did. ;)
Today, the girls become roommates again.
While searching for houses last summer the girls absolutely insisted that they wanted their own bedrooms. They understood early in the process that if we could only find a house with three bedrooms that fit our budget, they would have to room together, but we did look for four bedrooms with their request in mind. It just so happened that the house we fell in love with (both of them, actually) had 4 bedrooms, and the second had 4 bedrooms and enough space for a classroom. The girls got their wish. And thoroughly enjoyed personalizing their own spaces for the first time. Reasa couldn't wait to have her room always neat and tidy...just the way she likes it. Lainie anticipated loud music, walls plastered with her designs, and bright colors. For the first few months, all was well with their world.
Sometime mid-winter, Lainie decided...maybe the basement wasn't her favorite place to be. It is far away from the rest of the bedrooms (and secretly, this has always bugged me--hence the telephone at the head of her bed, and the cell phone under my pillow every night). Basement noises "creep you out." Yucky spiders (or freaky other bugs) sometimes hide in your bedroom. Having overnight guests in your room (even if said guest is your brother or sister) is more difficult on even a carpeted floor in the basement. And frankly, being alone? Not all it's cracked up to be. It's lonely and boring having your own bedroom. Sleepovers in Bryson and Reasa's rooms became common occurrences. The occasional "fort night" in the family room suddenly wasn't so occasional. Despite the desire to have their own spaces and express their own personalities on their own...the girls really missed each other.
"I told you so" seems appropriate here. :) But in the best possible way.
I love that my girls love each other enough to give up their own space and their own things and their own little bit of comfort to be together. I love that most of the time when they have slept together, they have begged Bryson to join them. This summer has been one big sleepover...I can't remember the last time each of them slept in his or her own bed. Even in Reasa's room, she's usually on the floor to accommodate one of the other two ("Lainie needs a good night's sleep tonight because she has gymnastics early in the morning.")(even on days when she had swimming on that same morning).
So, today, Seth is taking apart beds, reassembling them into their bunk bed form, we're sorting out clothing and closets, deciding what will stay downstairs and where desks will end up (Lainie is giving hers to Bryson, since both of the girls technically have two right now, and Lainie never uses the one in her bedroom), and we're repurposing bookshelves. And tonight, my kids will sleep where I like them sleeping...all on the same floor as me and on mattresses. Maybe. We'll see were Bryson ends up tonight. :)
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Interesting post Mindy - I had always thought that when my twins became 'school age' they would be seperated - would ask to be seperated most likely because they are b/g. However, they are begging to stay together - and insist that they will not seperate. We still find them several times a week in bed together. I guess it is the twin thing - always having a partner.... makes me wonder when they will want that privacy - probably around puberty - which is fine - we are starting to bathe and dress seperatly to give them the beginnings of privacy. But your post did bring back thoughts that by now we would have different bedroom situations.
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