Extreme Makeover : Shannon's room

By Shannon's mommy:

Finally, after ONE WHOLE YEAR, I am able to blog this down as a achievement. I had been itching to do up Shannon's room since she turned 1, and we started on the project in October last year, after much persuasion and convincing on my part to Mal. Men are just... men.... they will sit on their butts and procrastinate until the cows jump over the moon and nothing will happen.

Anyway, we finally got started with the wall painitng, and the gradual improvements took place over a year. I was really undecided as to what theme the room should have, coz what if we had a 2nd kid and it turned out to be a boy? No princess theme then? Luckily, that problem solved itself eventually... :)

I also had a super low budget and a hard time finding stuff which I thought could fit into her room decor.... Luckily, my SIL gave Shannon some wallabees which fit right in to brighten up the place.

And the rest finally pushed its way through when we decided it was time for Shannon to have her own bed rather than sleep cramped in her cot... The bright curtains was a find from Ikea and gives the room a nice cosy look, appropriate for a kid her age.

The result? She loved it! She had no qualms about giving up her baby cot for the 'princess bed' and the hanging drape-around curtains, all done up with minimal fuss and cost, even for a fashion idiot like me. :)

BEFORE look: The white walls and the baby cot with boring beige curtains

BEFORE Look: The messy place we used for her changing cum computer table!

TRANSFORMATION: Painting and fixing up of new drawers, courtesy of moi

MADEOVER!: Bed and drape-around curtains from IKEA, see the monkey sleeping in it the first afternoon.

MADEOVER: Wall lamps and a bright cheery curtain sets the mood

MADEOVER: Gone is the messy table, now with wallabies and a happy watermelon pig holder

MADEOVER: Scrap book pictures framed up for her wall

Stop! Listen! Clap your hands!

By Shannon's Mommy:

After almost a year at her current CC, it's the first time we get to see our little monkey in concert.

She was roped in in the school's annual concert on the 25th October 2008, Saturday, and it was with quite abit of anticipation that we were looking forward to her performance.

I have to say that with makeup on, my little monkey looks so grown up...

Here's her all dressed up, made up and ready to go before the concert

With her best friend in school, posing for photos

Here's the close up video of the dance.... she's dancing with her best friend from school, an energetic girl called Xuan Xuan. Mal thought she looked lost but I was charmed by the dance. There was doodles of laughter coming from the audience, and I think they were laughing at some of the other pint-sized dancers prancing around on the stage, but truthfully my eyes were glued on my little girl, so all else escaped me... :)