ok, so we have found something that cayle is not only good at, but possesses the perserverence to complete- wallpapering...........or rather, the removing of wallpaper....she stayed up late working on the wallpaper around the windowseat, and got up early to continue work on it........such a revelation for a child who usually has the attention span of a ........well- you know what i mean- the extended interest on this project is phenominal- and welcome...because the more she does, the less i have to do to get the old wallpaper off and get the new paper/border on. of course, we have yet to decide on the new stuff- cayle wants this kitten border that looks right for a five year old- ernst and i are angling for something a little more mature that can get us through the preteen years- she also looked at a wolfpack print (she likes to read about wolves......) several dog prints, including puppies with soccer balls, and one with fish. stephan's shelves went up yesterday- the room looks so much different with shelves- we should have done this when andrew moved into the room. we are still carting stephan's stuff to the basement- many more loads when you count the closet........i had visions of having all this done buy tuesday-----not bloody likely at this point. whatever happened to kids having a small box of carefully selected belonging..........