Well, after all the fun and excitement of Christmas, Megan had a complete meltdown and declared that she could no longer ever sleep in a pink room.  Enough was enough was enough!  Hmmmm.  Must be that turning twelve thing.  So we put the house in a state of emergency redecorating for the week and made Megan and Mariah’s room the priority.  Since M&M live in that room, we decided to decorate in M&Ms.  Aren’t we clever?

Megan and Mariah worked on it all week.  They moved everything to the middle of the room and cleaned the walls, stripped the wallpaper border, taped the edges, and when Mom gave the go-ahead, even did the painting.  The room is no longer pink.  In fact, quite the opposite.  I gave Megan complete freedom to pick her own color.  She chose dark, chocolate brown.  When you walk into the room, you feel like you are inside an M&M.  It’s very brown and shiny!

I did contribute.  For instance, I fixed the paint job when Meg and Mariah were “done.”  I also made the above fleece blankets by sewing the M in the middle of each.  Then the girls clipped the edges and tied one color to the other so that they are double thickness.  I think they are awesome!

We are still brainstorming for a new border to go along the top of the walls – something not too labor intensive, please!  I have searched the internet for a premade M&M candy border.  Excuse me but, WHY DON’T THEY MAKE THOSE??????  If anyone has some ideas, send them our way!

As you know, this week was also the week of New Year’s Eve!!  We were going to go to Idaho but decided against it because of snowstorms and extreme COLD.  We missed seeing Grandpa Skinner, but we were glad that our friends the Grosland’s could come over and party with us again!

We were loud and raucous and stayed up until midnight playing games and eating food.  It was great fun.

The next day I was a year older. !!!  That’s what happens.  Kevin took me to the movies (Harry Potter) and out for lunch and while we were gone the kids cleaned the whole house.  Now THAT is a great birthday present!

It’s been a great year.  We hope you all had a great year, too!