The Play Room

I am in love with our house's slow but steady evolution into our home.

Today, we will visit the room that should rightly be called "The Dining Room."

"Dinning Room" Today

Only, it's not a dining room.  If I use it's history, I suppose I could more accurately say 'fun room.'  But it currently goes by 'play room.'

When we moved in, or at least when we toured our house, it was a dinning room.

But we quickly decided that we didn't really need a fromal dinning rom.  Our kitchen is huge and we decided it would be a much better place for us to eat.  So we turned it into a Game Room!

We quickly made a few other changes, we tore out the carpet and painted it to be more 'game feeling.'

For a long time, it stayed this way.  It was home to Gavin and my rockband, as well as where I curled up playing elder scroll games during a few very difficult weeks.

Then somebody came along and it took a whole new direction!

Colin needed a place to play and grow and the game room became the play room.

But spending hours and hours in that room, the color really started to wear on me.  It wasn't a play room color, it was too dark and too serious.  So last week we made the latest revision!

 

There are still things we'd like to do, but the color made a huge difference in the feel of the room.

I know this room isn't done with it's evolution.  More than any other room in our house, it will need to grow and change with the needs of our family.  It will probably be a game room again, who knows, maybe it will even be a dining room again one day!

In the meantime, it's host to hours and hours of fun and play.

Play

I know I keep saying it over and over again, but this is SUCH a fun age!  All day everyday is just about play!  I love to watch Colin learning about the world and we have so much fun.

It's been fun and challenging to find new and interesting ways to entertain our ever curious boy.

Shhhh, don't tell anyone we played dorky bridal shower games in the kitchen one day...

The kitchen utensils have been a big hig.  Especially when mom is trying to get dinner ready!  Colin loves to help stir.  One day he took out all of them and put them back one by one.  I didn't know you could do that, Colin!

Colin LOVES being outside and I am very grateful for our incredibly mild (even by California standards) winter.  This was a week ago ro so at the park near our house.  Colin ran around, played in the dirt (and with the bugs) and was generally a little boy.

Don't step on the crack, Colin!!

I'm out of it now and mostly look pregnant, but in these pictures, I notice I'm mostly in that awkward in between phase.  Oh well!  I still love this picture.  It's a reminder that he's watching me all the time and learning based on what I do and say.  What a responsability!

I am so grateful I have the opportunity to rediscover the wonder of everything with Colin and be a part of all of this play!