Growing independence

Behold a wall in the children's room.  Jonathan and I had first decorated it with animals.  Then they grew older and added things themselves: Ari wanted a Cars calendar, Xander the kitties.  Both wanted the rocket pictures.  Our eldest son asked to take off the letters "A, L, E" in his name, and then he taped up a pirate LEGO ad.  The bedspreads are Spiderman patterns, and the colorful pillowcases are gifts from Helen, a childhood friend of my mother's.

It's so weird to witness the transition from a "nursery" type room that we had originally created, to a room that they want for themselves.  I feel like soon I'll blink and then they'll be teenagers with movie posters and pinups above their beds. :)