IKEA!

We had such a great shopping trip to IKEA, or as Nick calls it "the place with a K." Spent 6 hours there on Friday. No lie. We toured all the model rooms and homes upstairs. Had a Swedish lunch in the restaurant.


Let the kids play and romp in the Children's Ikea. Then headed downstairs to the Marketplace and warehouse. It is just such an experience to shop at Ikea. But they are so unbelievably kid friendly. They even sell baby food at the restaurant and have free diapers at the restroom changing stations. And they don't mind if your kids try out their stuff. In fact, they encourage it. So we tried out the rooms,

the beds

and the toys. They loved these rockers so much that we bought them. Not bad- 10 bucks each. So $20 impulse buy on Friday. We had to get two. They were great to have in the hotel room.

Then another $20 impulse buy on Saturday. Oh, yes, we went back. Just quickly went around the rooms and homes, then played and had lunch. But Shawn is such a sucker for these kids!!

So now we have two new goldens (plush toys). Stella's is "ruff" named by her. Nick decided tonight that his is named "Puppy Dog." So now Stella sleeps with Piggy and Ruff. Nick sleeps with Doggie Dog, Baby Dog (Doggie Dog's friend), and Puppy Dog. Whew. That is a lot of animals to get to bed.

I don't know what this face is all about.


I have one last finishing touch to hang up in their play room. I really really wanted to paint but I was vehemently out-voted. Maybe in the winter. Pictures coming soon.