IKEAAAAAAA

We drove to IKEA in Cincinnati yesterday with friends and had a blast! And Wm was super good and earned himself his unlimited screens today! It was hard for him - we left before 9am and didn't get home until dinner time. When you go with another family, and you each have your to-buy list, it doubles how much stuff you have to linger around and decide upon. So I knew it would be a long one! Plus, our friends had never been there, so you have to factor in the "OMG  - this place is amazing!" time. Wm got himself his beloved IKEA chicken fingers, so he was happy. He was a real gentleman the whole day!

Steve was also a very hard worker. We don't have a coat closet (old houses never have closets!) so we decided to get a wardrobe (or, as our friends kept calling it a "chifferobe"). We splurged and got the nicest (and biggest!) one. It barely fits in the space and it took Steve 4 HOURS to put it together. Our house was destroyed and he was exhausted. Then he spent forever perfectly (and compulsively) leveling it. But it's perfect!!

The mess.

The process.

The result.

We now have a place to hang our coats, a drawer to store hats and mittens and the like, and a shelf for Wm's backpack and Steve's backpack, and shoes. Yay! Schroeder, however, has a new arch nemesis: Mirror Cat. Mirror Cat stalks him and puffs his fur up at him, and mocks him. Schroeder hates Mirror Cat. But, at least, now he has something to do with his day! 

And, even though no changes were made, I realized I never put a picture of my conversation nook up. So, without further ado....

Let's conversate.