Bump Beds

I got an email last week from a couple at church saying that they had some bunk beds that they wanted to give away and did I know of anyone that could use them. I emailed back right away saying that we would love to have them. Alaire has been sleeping great in her toddler bed and we were willing to switch her whenever the time was right. (free bed= the time is right).

Ever since going to Camp Elim last year for Middle School Winter Retreat Ellis hasn't been able to stop talking about wanting a "bump bed" some day.

We set them up on Trevor's day off but didn't actually tell Ellis what we were doing. He had to guess. The list went on, a fence, a ladder, a bed. He finally guessed bunk bed just before we were putting the mattresses down! He was so excited, running and yelling, "it's a bump bed it's a bump bed!"

As we were setting it up Alaire simply confirmed our decision as to why we probably shouldn't set it up in her room. She was all over the place climbing every way she could find.

We thought about splitting them and having one bed for Alaire and one for Ellis but I'm so glad we decided to keep it together for Ellis' room and move his old bed to Alaire's room.

Juding from all of the pre-bed time jumping she has been doing on her new bed I'm pretty sure she is happy with our decision too.