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That's awesome! I live in Winter Springs, too. Too bad we've never met because my girls would love this! :)

I commented on that post yesterday, fairly early on. I never went back and read the comments that came after mine so I don't know how bad it got. Maybe mine was considered snarky. But, honestly, that room really offended me. And I would definitely have questioned it if I were face to face with them. I would expect and appreciate someone setting me right if I personally made such a judgment call. It is not okay with me to joke about contributing to the debt crisis in America. It is not okay with me to relegate your middle child to the laundry room so that his siblings can have their own rooms - I was a kid who loved a cozy nook (still do) but psychologically that arrangement would have affected even me. And it's not really okay to have major electrical appliances covering part of a child's crib. Not when you have other options.

I sincerely hope that the room doesn't actually exist, that the parents staged the whole thing for the sake of being clever and getting into the contest. I hope they really are pursuing higher education and setting THAT example for their kids. I hope, too, that the response was a wake-up call if it was a real room. People may have been too harsh or strong-worded but the sentiment was right. There was nothing to "lol" at. The whole situation needed rethinking and I hope that the comments yesterday were enough to get that kid out of the laundry room.

Well I guess I'm the minority. I DO have kids and I wouldn't like to see a room with a mural. I wouldn't keep it no matter how much I liked it - that would feel like wearing someone else's clothes every single day. Just uncomfortable in some way. So it wouldn't add value. And I know I'm perfectly capable of painting over it myself but it helps me get a better feel for a place when I'm not distracted by thinking about it.

How funny! My daughter grabbed a basket the other day and asked to go hunt for eggs, too!

My aunt sent my daughter a Zhu Zhu Pets set recently. It is huge and noisy and annoying and I doubt we will keep it very long, especially after we bring more things in at Christmas time. I'm not going to be rude and turn down a gift but we have a very small home so I'm honest with people when I say that things with limited interest for her (which is pretty much any of the 3 Ps - pink, plastic, princess) won't last very long here. Space is at a premium. Toys have to last and be truly loved in order to score a permanent home on our shelves.

I was an only-child in a very parent-focused family so most trips we took were usually boring as can be for me. But that one particular time I was allowed to bring a friend along and it was heaven. We spent a few days in Ogunquit, Maine. I remember swimming in our hotel pool, trading pieces of saltwater taffy and being insanely jealous that my friend was allowed to wear a two-piece bathing suit and I wasn't.

I think that was the trip when I decided I would never have an only-child because for those few days I experienced what it felt like (or at least what I imagined it felt like) to have a sister and I loved it.

At the risk of sounding dramatic, these are kind of horrifying. Honestly, to make something so expensive that will just get filled with pee and poop and then tossed into a landfill? I can't think of anything more wasteful and thoughtless. If you want cute diapers use cloth. They're better for your wallet, better for baby and better for the environment.

I signed up. So far I've only sent a box and, I have to say, I STUFFED that thing. When I look at what is available for me to pick from I feel like I should have thinned it down a bit. It's hard for me to be okay with paying $13 for a box of clothes I've never seen. It's all that much harder when I see that there are only five items in there.

Hm. It's pretty funny to see the shenanigans those little ones get into. I have to say, though, I sure wish there was more of a "oh well, it's only stuff and I love my kids" vibe than a resentful "kids ruin your life because cell phones are more important" one. But maybe that's just me.

VERY cute! Although, once I read that the crib and mattress were gifts, I have to say that it doesn't seem quite as budget friendly. Maybe I'm just stingier than average but $700 seems more like a high average than a budget design. I guess those cute little details add up quick!