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segacs was on the right track- these are not homes they are prison cells. Worse than prison cells. This is very sad.

It's them - not you! Do not sacrifice your children's happiness in their own home for the sake of unreasonable people below you. You and your family have the right to live your life and make noise in your own home. Interestingly I came across this passiveagressivenote entry. I think you should consider this when dealing with your neighbors. If they continue to text you and bother you they are harassing you.

http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2013/02/15/noise-is-allowed/

Does anyone know where the blue wallpaper in bedroom comes from?

Ok now I'm embarrased. Did not refresh my browser! Not censored- I think- maybe now (?). Sorry Ohdeedoh. I work for a safety organization but not for Ohdeedoh. I think it's UNSAFE for a child to be sleeping in a laundry room no matter how well designed. If that entry mom was my friend I would have said to her "I think this is a mistake- you are better off putting them in your bedroom or anywhere else but here."

I have checked my comment history- and I guess I have commented more that 3 times, but generally you can see my comments are usually positive and not snarky.

I agree that is mean to be negative and harsh when it comes to someone's personal design choices, but I felt this was not about design- this was a lack common sense.

I also commented on the laundry room post yesterday. Everything I said in my comments about it being sad I would have said directly to the parents face. I think we all appreciate creative use of space and I am in awe of parents who make beautiful spaces out of closets and nooks off living rooms, but I have to say it again- I don't care what your size restrictions are putting a child in a laundry room is just wrong- especially when it sounded like there were other options.

My comment yesterday was maybe the third time I have commented on AT or Ohdeedoh. I only comment when I feel very strongly about something. This was one of those times and I stand by it.

I just used the staples website to print a 36 x 48 print for 4.99!

Beautiful room! Did you restrict the color choices for your daughters painting? It's amazing that the colors she picked mesh so well with the colors of the room. If I asked my 5 year daughter to piant something for a nursery it would be pink and gold and maybe some blue. Or most likely she'd paint a butterfly or her pet goldfish.

Check out your local goodwill or thrift store. They might have framed artwork that size. You can toss or recycle the artwork and use the frame (paint if necesssary). Or just buy a poster frame 24 x 36 and use a large sheet of art paper for the "matte" by laying the your poster on top.

I have taken a photo of may daughter every day since she was born as well. She is now over 4 years old. We reached a 1000 daily Hayleys as I call them in September 2007, so now I guess I'm close to 1500 photos. Of course it's not just one a day. I take up to 1 to 100 of her a day, depending on the occassion. So I have quite a few photos.

I have a daily Hayley poster 1 year poster as well. You can see it here.

http://thedailyhayley.blogspot.com/2008/01/passage-of-time.html

I made my all black and white to make it more visually pleasing.

I'm working on the 1000 days poster. But in the meantime I've resorted to making Daily Hayley albums using Burb. And I try to do digital scrapbooks, but due to the amount of photos I take I'm hopelesssly behind...sigh. But it's great to have such a record of her growing up.

I totally agree with Megan above. I couldn't believe she says she gets a nanny on weekends. So when does she see her kids? Her home is calm and neat because no one lives in there. I think to call play items "materials" is pretenious, and sometimes kids are suppose play with stuff that is "at best pointless"; that's the whole point of being a kid. I let my 4 year old play with photography stuff, paint on real canvases and help me cook etc, I don't see how this is revoluntionary parenting. And I'm a Ph.D. scientist and I love books but I'm not going read my daughter Darwin and claim she loves it. Instead I ask her to tell me stories, to foster her imagination, not drone on about something she can't understand.