Hayden's New Room

We've been doing some room switching at our house, so that meant a new room for Hayden. Hayden did not want to switch rooms, because he didn't want a pink girl's room. Once we told him he could paint and decorate it, he was a little more on board with the idea. He picked out a shocking lime green color for the walls, but as I am getting so tired of painting rooms every year when we outgrow the bold colors, we settled on a nice blue, which will hopefully last a long, long time.

The only thing Hayden also wanted in his room was a rocket ship, so we decided on a space themed room. I was thrilled because I had something that would fit perfectly, that has been in my closet. When my Grandmother passed away, my parent's asked each of us if there was anything in her house that we had fond memories of. I instantly thought of a picture she had hanging in her living room of Neil Armstrong commemorating the flight of the Apollo XI, when man first walked on the moon. I never really loved it, but it has memories of my Grandma, of being a kid, and of going to Disneyland (she lived only 20 minutes away). As I child I always noticed it and stared at it, and wondered why my Grandma wanted it in her living room :) So, it has now found a home in Hayden's room.

Of course I had to cut out a little vinyl. A rocket ship over his bed with his name on in.

And some space aliens over his message board.

A map of the world and some magnetic strips for him to hang his drawings on fill up one wall.

Lastly, I painted the planets in the solar system on the ceiling. This is one of my favorite parts of his room. I had so much fun painting them.

Overall, his room came together so nicely, and he has gotten over being in the "smaller girly room".