Chapter 11
November (Re-decorating)
"Mommy is my party starting yet" PJ excitedly asked for the 700th time.
"Any minute now" Phoebe told her.
"Ok the pony is here come see" Coop said and beamed out with his daughter.
Phoebe had planned a pony party with a real pony for PJ's third birthday. She got the idea when PJ had been turned into a pony on Halloween the previous year. PJ was very excited when she saw a cute brown pony in her back yard.
"Her name's Caramel" Coop informed PJ.
"Can I ride her right now" PJ asked.
"No, but you can you get on her for a minute or two" Coop said.
PJ smiled at her dad as he placed her on the pony. PJ pet the pony and had a huge smile on her face. When Phoebe came out to announce the guests were there, PJ was even happier. A bunch of kids from pre-school had come for her party. The babies were out of the manor with Andy since they used magic whenever they felt like it.
"Ok attention little munchkins, princess PJ has a big surprise for you" Piper said as Phoebe placed PJ up on a chair facing everyone.
"There is a real pony outside" PJ said and the kids clapped at the news.
"And we all get to ride her" PJ said.
This made all the kids clap even more and they cheered too. Prue lined them up and brought them to the back yard. Leo followed with the camera of course.
"Ok it's only fair that the birthday girl gets to ride first" Henry said.
Henry lifted PJ up onto the pony and tied a helmet on her. He then got the pony to start walking, and he directed her by pulling her reins. The pony went around the back yard and then stopped. Henry took PJ off, and the next child got their turn. This is all the children were interested in doing.
After an hour of this Piper informed everyone the pizza had just arrived. The adults served the children and then served themselves. After eating the pizza, Phoebe and Coop came into the kitchen holding the cake while singing.
"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear PJ, happy birthday to you."
PJ blew out the candle and the cake was served and eaten. Then she opened her many presents and was happy with everything she got. Shortly after the party ended, Andy arrived home with Parker and seven month old Payton who were both fast asleep.
A few days later everyone was in the living room. The adults were talking and the children were playing.
"So Phoebe and I were thinking of moving Parker in with PJ in a week or so" Coop shared.
"Since we are, I thought it would be fun to re-decorate PJ's room, and let PJ help choose everything" Phoebe stated.
"That's a great idea, you know I've been wanting to change up the twin's room, and little Henry's room, I think I will" Paige stated.
"Can we re-decorate our room" Chris asked.
"Sure, how about you Melinda" Piper asked.
"Yes" Melinda responded.
Over the next few days, the kids and their parents went through magazines and made lists of what they wanted for their new rooms. Then on the Saturday, the moms took the kids out to the store to buy everything, while the dads stayed behind and emptied out the kids rooms.
They put all the furniture in the back yard shed, and put their children's clothes and toys in boxes up in the attic. Since it was going to take a day to paint the rooms, the dads cleaned up the attic and set up sleeping mattresses the kids were going to sleep on that night.
When the sisters and the children got home, they helped the dads paint the rooms or put up the wall paper. They took a break for supper then went back to painting the rooms. The babies stayed with Victor that day. That night, the paint was drying and the wall paper was put up, the kids slept in the attic.
The next day Billie and Victor took the children to the park, while the adults moved the new furniture into the children's rooms. By 2:30, they children were home and the furniture was done. The next step was the children had to put away their clothes and toys.
Wyatt and Chris put their toys away together. Then Wyatt put their clothes away while Chris put the books on their new book shelf. Wyatt then made his bed while Chris made his bed. PJ was able to put her toys and books away, but Phoebe had to help her put her clothes away and make her bed. Coop put away all of Parker's belongings.
The twins helped each other with putting the toys away, putting the books on the shelves, putting their clothes away, and making their beds. Melinda was able to do everything by herself except make her bed and hang up her clothes in the closet. Paige had to help little Henry with everything.
Once they were done, Piper and Leo filmed the boy's new room.
"Ok so this is Wyatt and Chris's new room, say hi boys" Piper said.
"Hi" Wyatt and Chris said and waved at the camera.
"So let's see what we have here. The walls are navy blue, and there's a car boarded at the top, and we have the dressers that have the boy's PJ's, pants, undies and socks" Piper said.
"Then there is the toy shelf and the book shelf. And over here we have Wyatt's homework desk, and Chris's homework desk, and we have black curtains at the window" Leo said.
"And beside their beds are night tables that each have a blue lamp and a sports car alarm clock. Here is Wyatt's bed, his blanket is dark blue and has big cow boys riding horses designs on it. Next to Wyatt's bed is Chris's bed, his blanket is also dark blue and has big teddy bear designs on it" Piper showed.
"And last is the closet, inside Wyatt and Chris's shirts are hung up. Their toys bins and costume chest are also in there, as well as their hamper" Leo said.
"Alright that's it for their room, let's go see Melinda's new room" Piper stated.
"So this is Melinda's new room, and there's our beautiful little girl" Piper said and spotted Melinda on her new bed.
"So her walls are pink. Since that's her favourite colour" Piper said.
"Here's her dresser, where we keep her pants, skirts, PJ's and other stuff, and there's her toy shelf and book shelf" Leo said.
"Here's her bed, her blanket is all different colours, there's one big pink care bear under a rainbow design" Piper showed and Melinda waved at the camera.
"Then finally we have her closet, were we keep her shirts and dresses. Her toy bins, hamper and costume chest are also in here" Leo said and turned off the camera.
Paige and Henry then filmed the twin's room.
"This room belongs to our twin daughters Tamora and Kat" Paige said and entered the room.
"So as you can tell, the theme is castle. So the walls have a wall paper that has a castle surrounded by trees and a blue sky and so on" Paige said.
"We have the toy shelf and book shelf, which are both shaped like a castle, and in the middle of the room they have their tea party set, that they got for their third birthday back in May" Henry said. "We have their beds, Tamora has a plain light green blanket, and Kat has a plain baby blue blanket. Then we have their dresser over here" Paige said.
"Then last but not least, we have their closet, were we keep their toy bins, hamper, costume chest, and have their shirts and dresses hung up" Henry said.
"So that's it, let's go see little Henry's room" Paige said.
"So Henry's room is a jungle theme obviously you can tell from the wall paper" Paige said.
"His blanket even has a tree with a monkey on a branch" Henry said.
"Then over here we have his dresser and shelves" Paige said.
"And just like with the twins' room, in his closet we have his shirts, toy bins, hamper and costume chest" Henry said and turned off the camera.
Phoebe and Coop then filmed PJ and Parker's room.
"So this is PJ and Parker's room. PJ do you have a roommate" Phoebe asked her daughter.
"Yes I do" PJ said and walked over to the crib where Parker was in standing up.
"So as you can see, PJ's bed has a light purple blanket" Phoebe said.
"The wall Paper is white and is filled with puppies" Coop said.
"Here we have the two dressers, and Parker's changing table" Phoebe said.
"All the toys are in three toy bins in the closet, followed by PJ's costume chest and bookshelf, and also her dresses and shirts" Coop said.
"And that's the end, can you say bye Phoebe said.
"Bye" PJ said and waved at the camera.
"How about you Parker, can you say bye" Phoebe asked.
"Bye" Parker said and half waved.