Mickey Mouse Snowman

If you didn't know, we moved in to a new house about six months ago.  Since our previous house is where we lived when the monkey was born, she had been in her same room since we brought her home.  And since we didn't know (and honestly thought there was no way) she was a girl, her room was very gender neutral in cream and tan with an apple green ceiling.  Yes, once I had her, asked the doctor about 500 times she was sure it was really a girl, verified they didn't mix up my baby with someone else's (even though she never left the room - it's not like I was really paying attention that they didn't switch babies under the table), and stared at her for weeks wondering how, HOW she ended up being a girl when I was 110% sure she was a boy the whole time, I did add a few girlie accents to her room.  Don't get me wrong, I loved that room, but I wanted to give her a chance to help decorate this one and make it in some of her favorite colors now that I am fully convinced she is a girl (I think).  So, upon buying this house we set out to make her room hers.  In the process I ordered custom polka dots to put on her purple walls.  No, not the decorations you can stick up on walls and come right back off.  No, not the super easy things to put up and take down.  No, not ones I really ever want to do again.  More like wallpaper that has been custom cut and meant to stay. on. the. wall.  If you've read this blog for any amount of time I'm pretty sure you know where this is going.

 Monkey's room  when we moved in.  Her favorite color was purple.  Until we painted it purple.  Then it immediately became red.

 It pretty much took three of us and an entire day to plan out the spacing, mark it off and then put up the ridiculously difficult dots.  The difficult part was left out of any product descriptions.

The final product.  Such a pretty and sophisticated little girls room, no?  Then came Mickey.

Look Mommy!  I made a Mickey Mouse snowman!!

I do have to give her credit as much as it pains me - it does look like a Mickey Mouse snowman.

Made out of polka dots.  That can't be put back together.  Inside a house.  In July.

Anyone catch the Olivia in the above picture?  If you know Olivia, welcome to my life.  

Monkey is Olivia reincarnate.

This is what her room looks like today.  Moral of the lesson?  Never trust Olivia the monkey to try to take a nap.  Bad things come out of nap time.

If anyone is interested in sponsoring a child to go back to school, please email me.  She misses school very much and it shows.  Every day.  This child needs school.  Mommy needs school.  My house and interior design needs school.  Am willing to work for school.  Please contact ASAP.