IKEA

What a day I have had. On Mimi's days off....I'm her official playmate. Since I "don't do anything". :) So today she decided we were going to Ikea. Matt and I redid Shauna's old bedroom so Mimi wants book shelves or something to go in there. When my Mom heard we were going she decided that since she had never been to Ikea she wanted to come too. Sounds simple enough, right? Wrong. My Mom had Lucy (her three year old daycare kid) with her, I had Hallie, and Mimi had to be pushed in a wheel chair. Have you ever tried to keep a one year old, three year old, and 76 year old happy in Ikea? Not easy. Hallie does NOT want to be in the cart or carried. She wants to WALK! And she doesn't want to hold your hand, she wants to go wherever she wants to go. Lucy kept asking when we were going to get to the playground, and Mimi liked every single piece of furniture she saw except for the ones that I like. :) Since Matt and I worked so hard to redo that room I informed Mimi that she couldn't put any old lady, ugly stuff in there. So we can't seem to agree on colors, curtains, furniture, etc. It's actually pretty funny. Anything I like...she says "It's UUUgly" (emphasis on the uuuu). Anything she likes would no way match the room and the wall that I painted tan and she rolls her eyes everytime I inform her that what she likes would not look good in the room. It's really hard for her to fight her compulsion to decorate everything in blue. :) Anyways, by the end Hallie was having a melt down and Mimi wasn't done shopping, so my Mom took Hallie home with her and I stayed and took Mimi through more of Ikea. So it was a crazy trip, but lunch at Ikea was good. I'll post a pic of Shauna's old room when it's finished. The end. :)