Toadlilly, I think that they would enjoy that waaaayyy too much! One idea that I found was to bury a piece of gum in the bottom of a whipped cream pie. They had to find the gum (without using their hands) and then blow a bubble before getting their next clue. The person who had written the game said that the kids are usually laughing too har to blow the bubble! PJ, well, my hair only looks red after a refresh it! It started turning grey and now it just looks dingy (and fuzzy). Can't wait to meet everyone at the swap! =)Necia

Mmmmmmm doughnuts, lucky you Rachel! (maple frosted is my favorite) I would have killed to have a brother working in doughnut shop when I was younger. I had a great metabolism when I was a teen too. Not til I was around 25 did it turn on me and started gaining weight lol. The girls are still sleeping. I don't expect them to wake up til at least noon. Kayla would sleep til 3pm if I let her. Tomorrow we are bringing her down to my sister's house to live. She will be staying there while she goes to college. It's a community college, no dorms. And to keep this post on a cooking theme, Kayla will be helping out with the cooking also. My sister doesn't cook much but Kayla does. She makes better omelets than I do! We started teaching our kids to cook at an early age. Being in the kitchen with us while we prepare meals. Helping with stirring and mixing when they were real little and then cutting veggies and seasoning meats when they got older. It is an important life skill for young people to know when they get out on their own. My other daughter Ariel who is a Senior this year at college does most of her own cooking there. It's something she enjoys doing too. NancyLouise

Hmm. I think it is a way cool idea for window treatments, and maybe hung in front of the closet doors. Not so sure that I see it sewn over the duvet. I think it would catch on everything - teenage big feet, zipper pulls on hoodies, edges of books being read on the bed, etc. I really think the camo bedding is the better solution. Down the line you simply get a different duvet to cover up the camo. Or, go with orange, which is the 'compliment' used with camo frequently.

shellfish: Oh, lovely room. That is right up my alley as well! I'm so envious of your space! I like the idea of the white coverlet which I may add in winter below the duvet. DD and I are still looking through the samples though lean towards a more saturated color like boxerpup's DS's room, then a lighter shade for the ceiling. Hope to narrow it down to a few paint samples to test on the walls. DD has little patience with me as I wanted to show her the inspiration pics. I'd rather she just pick a look she likes and let me narrow down the paint colors to 2-3 that match the one in a picture. That has always been my difficulty in doing her room--she just focuses on one aspect, the bedding, WTs or paint and not how they all look together in her room, with her floor and lighting. Unfortunately, there is not much that can be done in terms of room layout at present and it's not possible to remove just the head and footboard. It's a captain's storage bed with four drawers which she uses for her clothes. In another year my DS will most likely go away to college then I think I will let her move into his room which is a smidge larger and then we can do something similar to paintergirl's rendition. In which case I'll be repainting both rooms in a year's time. If it wasn't so hideous right now, I'd just wait another year, but she and I both hate it and the bedding and WTs can simply move to the other room when the time comes. I lvoe the paint color in the living room photo above and think DD would agree to that since it's so vivid. That B&W accents really seem to mitigate the intense shade as I'd hoped it would. Does anyone know what color that is?