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Very cool. I've been trying to figure out how best to paint dark grey into my twin girls' room (in addition to pink - their request...they are 4 years old, after all), and was also thinking of using aqua as an accent. This room has given me some great ideas!

Love this. Am inspired to add a coffee shop to our play kitchen corner!

We have three different potties -- started with the larger Baby Bjorn seat (removable 'inner'), then moved up to the Bjorn toilet seat -- which is great -- we have two, one for each of our bathrooms. My 4-year old girls still use it - it is definitely required in our house (we've had a couple of 'falling into the toilet' incidents) - the seat is very secure on the toilet, so no slipping when getting on & off. It's also really easy for the kids to put on & off the toilet (we keep it on a hook next to the toilet). We also have a Potette - perfect for on the go. I just use regular trash bags, sometimes lined with a diaper to absorb the pee. I have 3 young kids, and this has been a lifesaver when out running errands, on a road trip, or at the park. It has been so nice not to either a) try to find a washroom, or b) drag all 3 kids to a dirty/germy bathroom, especially when out a the playground or in the car. It's a little low to the ground, so not good for a 'regular' potty, but fine for the occasional emergency when out of the house. Highly recommend!!

One of my twin girls is pink-obsessed as well, and we recently celebrated their 4th birthday with a pink/'Belle and Boo' party. My sister-in-law made cupcakes with different shades of pink icing. I also decorated the food table with various glass cups/jars filled with pink candies, and had 3 different colours of balloons - dark pink, regular pink & white, in bunches around the room & at the front door. I also put some pink & white streamers up (minimal). I kept some of the other decor 'less pink' so it wasn't too crazy pink -- e.g. yellow floral table cloth, white dishes, multicolour banner. You could also get a bouquet of flowers in different shades of pink. As for pink food, I didn't do this myself, but you could bake some bread with red food colouring in it (so it's pink), then make tea sandwiches from that. Alternatively, white bread with strawberry jam and/or strawberry cream cheese could also work as pink sandwiches. Cookies with pink icing (or pink food colouring in the dough) is another idea, and a platter of different berries (raspberries, strawberries, blueberries & blackberries) is 'sort-of' pink...and to drink - pink lemonade (or pink kool-aid).

For activities, I pre-painted $1 wooden frames from Michaels (pink, of course), and had markers & stickers the kids could use to decorate their frame. That was a big hit. I also did the 'musical gift' game - wrapped an inexpensive toy in many layers of wrapping paper, and the kids would pass it around until the music stops. Whoever has the gift gets to unwrap a layer. Whoever unwraps the last layer, gets the gift!

This website also has the most gorgeous party ideas, including lots of non-princess pink themes: http://www.hwtm.com/kids_parties

We chose the Oak Park set from Land of Nod - quality is decent (I have concerns about the finish chipping off easily - but at least customer service is excellent). It looks great & is very sturdy. Kinda masculine, but it was the only thing I could find for my twin girls that was modern & relatively inexpensive. We have the Olivia duvet & sheet set from DwellStudio Target, and I think it looks great! Not too grown up for 3yo, but not too girly or baby-ish.