Crib Cave - Her Version

It happened the day before yesterday.
I broached the man-cave sharing subject.

I tried to introduce it gently: "Hey babe, want to go watch the Fiesta Bowl upstairs? Maybe we could take a look at the layout of the music room while we're up there?"

Before I continue, let it be known that I am a firm believer in the music room/man-cave. I would love for Levi to always have his own space to work (and to contain all of those instruments, various collections, concert posters, maps, and the occasional old *really old* badminton racket thumb tacked to the wall).

That said, here are a few editorial additions to the previous account of that fateful evening:

First of all, I'm afraid that the pictures don't do those lovely pieces justice, so I would like to clarify that the " some things stayed BECAUSE others are making their way to ebay" bit refers to a twenty pound lamp (minus a lampshade) that looks like it belongs in the Berenstain Bears' house - that is staying in the room (for now) in exchange for the immediate removal of the SIX FOOT TALL poster of Will Ferrell in daisy dukes. No one should have to wake up to that thing looming over them.

And, when Levi says that he "only argued a little bit about the virtues of a room that 'looked like a dorm room'" what he means is that he responded to that statement with sparkling eyes, a proud grin, and this: "Yeah. It does. One of these days I want to have one of those beds on stilts". Which makes me giggle on the inside and think forward to the day when Lincoln stands in the doorway of his bedroom protecting his loft bed in protest, "but Dad, this is MY room".

Also, it should be noted that the new arrangement of the furniture in the music/man/crib/cave is a major victory in space-usage improvement. We've opened up the room so much that there isn't really even any functional space lost - even with the crib (or, as it is right now, the empty space where the crib will be). It's an amazing transformation. HGTV amazing.

In closing, I apologize for my disrespectful interruption of the imprompteulogy. What I meant to say is that we'll see our fair friend again. The man-cave is far from gone, just temporarily (and partially) re-purposed. I have no doubt that in August, when we embark on a new, hopefully bigger home, the room will be back in all of it's glory.

In the meantime, don't worry, Levi. It's just a crib.


And a diaper genie.


:)