Decor

Decor is another issue.

I cannot decide what to put in there.

I would like it to be fit for a growing child but not too cutesy that it cannot last several years or too grown-up that he cannot enjoy it now.

He’s not really fond of anything now except for books–he still has yet to discriminate his favorites though. A love for reading seems to be building. When he sees a book he likes, say the Seuss classic, “Are you my mother?”, he’d pick it up, waddle over to me, put the book down on the floor, scoot to sit on my lap, and wait.

At first I didn’t realize what he was doing, but I caught on. He wanted me to read to him. Not just any old book but the “Are you my mother?” book that I animately read to him. I’d make a Moo sound for cow, the Meow for cat, and even a Tug Tug for the boat. I am his entertainment for that brief moment in the evening. Or maybe I am his entertainment.

He has not wanted to play with any of his toys since I have been home with him. Whenever he catches me trying to do something else, other than play with him, he’d waddle over, pat my knee with his little hand, and look up at me with those big, brown eyes, and go “baa baa” or “boo”. If I don’t look at him, or feign not seeing him, he’d start to throw a mini-tantrum. He doesn’t seem to understand that I am not his Big Toy, I am his momma, and momma needs to rest and eat too.

In all honesty, I do not mind. This stage will fly by like the earlier stages and if I don’t cherish it or live in the moment, he’d be a teenager and hatin me faster than I can type this sentence.

Alas, maybe he does have a favorite book and it is “Are you my mommy?” along with “I love you Stinky Face” and the “Where is Baby’s Belly Button” flip up book.

Sweet as those books are, I can’t use them for the basis of the Kid’s theme.

Mr.Kid wants a space theme since he, himself, loves astronomy and all things space. He also likes, ok no, LOVES, cars. Maybe we’ll do a car theme for Mr. Kid as well. I don’t want modern cars to be plastered all over, they’d make it look corny to me. Perhaps vintage? Or an oldies feel to it? Mr. Kid loves old cars especially.

Here’s a few items I would like to put in the Kid’s room (the suitcase storage, I already got from Ebay, it was too cute to pass up):

I am in love with wooden toys, so much so that I don’t know if I’ll ever look at an electronic, plastic toy the same way again.

First photo: This is a wooden house stacking puzzle. We can keep it stacked or take them apart into different formations. Very cool.

Second photo: This is a wooden fish puzzle. Isn’t it just nifty! I love it! I wouldn’t mind tickering with this as well.

Last photo: The wooden number train is just so awesome. I have not seen anything like that before, and we can use it to help him master his counting and a few of his arithmetics later on.

I will probably save up for the train set next. I can just picture it ontop of his dresser or a shelf, and him throwing the numbers all around and then eventually learning to put them in order or rearranging them in a secretive, coded way.