The big bed.

Sometimes in the middle of a particularily busy house, full of drywall dust, plastic hung to block rooms off, furniture moved into the middle of rooms to make way for wallpaper removal or painting progress, it's nice to have one little calm, uncluttered space to land. Since we renovated our room last summer, that's Mommy and Daddy's bed.

Sometimes, it's tea, a book, and a snuggle. Sometimes, it's Max having a full-out belly laugh at Claire's antic of the moment or it's a nice chat with my big boys. Sometimes it's a jumping, bouncy dance party.

Sometimes (especially when Thane, Seth and Daddy are involved) it looks more like a wrestling match, seeing who can get knocked off the bed first, Claire joining in by grabbing onto someone's leg, Max watching the wild things with interest.