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theres a house near me that has a huge stuffed donkey kong and winnie the pooh tied to the upstairs varandah/basketball hoop... i think they occasionally change them (outside in the weather.. yuck) but they stay up for years.

a friend of mine always lovingly remembers her childhood town in holland where people decorate their front window for christmas and they always went on walks looking in and admiring everyones displays... I think that is lovely! so maybe as a once a year thing.

I have four kids that share a room! (11,9,6,3) Yes there are sometimes problems but hey what can you do? We sometimes stagger bedtimes (easy- with the person who asked about large age gaps - the olders get to stay up later while I read to the youngers) and sometimes if too much giggling is going on someone gets banished to mum and dads room to fall asleep alone and moved later into their bed.

my kids have woken up in the night but we are happy with cosleeping, but they woke in the night when we only had two kids, or they had their own room. So sharing doesnt really affect that.

however THEY will wake eachother in the morning, so when they were little we often had them all up at the same time.. now my 11 year old sleeps through ANYTHING and I get her sisters to force her out of bed :)

I often go to ikea just to look. Love all their made up rooms. Mum and I go on dates to Ikea. Funny enough when I visit Ikea I suddenly feel the need to live in tiny spaces with storage to the roof. Makes me want to give up my house and live apartment therapy ikea style. lol

did anyone mention $$$$.... thats why many people share on blogs. On the hope to make money, have their post shared on other blogs etc. I have a blog. I enjoy it and the small amount of readers I have. You feel connected when people say they really enjoy the way you write. I dont think its necessarily the need for approval, or having ego stroked as I would be fine without the blog. I would also love to be one of the lucky bloggers that make money off it, but until then... I'll just plod along sharing crafts, kids stuff, parties, and general family life.

I just want to say that, Grace - you wore the perfect outfit! the white house with your dark hair and red pops of lips and shirt - PERFECT! gorgeous!

@ hyzen - recently my family grew 5 big lettuces which we would pluck as needed. Those lettuces fed us for over two months and we are a family of 6! (given we didnt eat salad every day more like 2-3 times a week with plenty of other things added to stretch it. My neighbour also plucked a leaf for her sandwiches every few days. They can go a long way. This is a great idea I might try.

I had three girls share and now I have four girls in one room! these ideas are great. currently I just have two sets of bunks. When the baby was still in the crib My other 3 girls chose to push two singles together and all three share the new 'double' bed. It was winter at the time and thought it a great idea to keep eachother warm. It wasnt a long term solution but for 8 months or so they loved it. There are many reasons why people have kids share (we rent out our third room to international students to help cover expensive city rent, location - smaller house but near work/city, unexpected pregnancy - happened to us) we too like that they actually dont mind being together. There are complaints but not too often. I think its good for them and hope to have a little larger house when they are teens - probably two to a room ( ours are 11, 9,6,3 years old) - though I pretty much squealed and called my husband over at 'charming room for four' we have always wanted a long skinny room so we could do that for our girls. That room was pretty much exactly how my husband planned out a room if we could build a house! A girls dorm room! lol

umm that is kinda cute already.. and not how my Lack bed side table looks! yikes! I blame the kids crap...

mmm I so want red dining chairs like above. I've been tempted to try it with cheap red ikea chairs to see if I love it enough.

we attended this art installation at the art gallery in brisbane australia just last month. It was amazing and wonderful for children. The artist definately has some fun stuff going on and has been making art for 60 years.

http://thisgirllovestotalk.blogspot.com/2012/01/obliteration-room.html

here our our pics of our visit