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The room my family has been waiting for.  Seriously!  I knew when we decided to turn this into a hang out room versus another bedroom(sorry teenage Lucy) it would be the end all at the Milkbarn.  In the 70's, when I grew up, this type of room was called a den. Rightly so. They were usually planked with wood siding and padded with two toned shag carpet. Nowadays I hear the word lounge to describe this space which only conjures up images of 20 somethings in the 90's  (ahem, that was me)   congregating at hip places with lots of sectional seating and guys thinking cigars were cool while I thought it seemed all so ridiculous.  So our children, upon carpet installation, commandeered the room for fighting and wrestling and so forth.  They named it The Ninja Room . No den, no lounge...just the ninja room. We love that they named it. We wanted to put up all of our family photographs  in a more personal space. This is our IKEA hack.  W

Halloween. My favorite holiday. This year life was so hectic with stuff,  our group costume didn't work out. Oh, but just you wait for next year.... but here is what we came up this time around! Lucy as Bat Girl Did you know the original and comic book Bat Girl had red hair? Perfect. Audrey really really REALLY wanted to be the Mad Hatter.  So I went to town and made her a crazy coat and bow tie and she picked out a tiny top hat.  The pensive side of Wolverine I don't know if Chester will be anything BUT a super hero for Halloween. I found this at Goodwill for 99 cents after he told me he wanted to be Wolverine! The moment I saw it on the rack I kept shaking my head in disbelief....is that what I think it is? it's gold and blue...is it? IS IT?  YES!!! I did it, I am the best Mom ever! It's a rare feeling nowadays. Henry is always a little nervous to dress up.  So, here he is as Dr. Pepper. I made the doctor