Transplanting a Rainforest

Almost 2 years ago I wanted to do something special for my family for Valentines Day.  I decided I would do a mystery dinner (because I had just done this for Chanelle's 12th birthday party for her friends), and the family (particularly Rick, who was in California) wanted to participate in one.  I let Jordan choose a theme for me to go around, and he chose Rainforest.  I downloaded rainforest sounds from the internet and played it during our dinner.  I made the mystery menu with different objects from a rainforest.  I also decorated our dining room with trees I made from brown and green butcher paper, green crepe paper to make the vines, and stuffed animals and such.

We kept the rainforest up for a couple of months, because we loved the ambiance it provided, but I began to get worried that my landlord might get worried if he saw it, so on Arbor Day my visiting teachers came over and helped me transplant the rainforest upstairs to the master bedroom.  It was wonderful and felt like the tree near our bed was protective.  Rick took me to a special Bed & Breakfast Inn for our anniversary with a rainforest theme - and I loved it!  When we got home he saw the transformed bedroom and said it was like sleeping every night in a Bed & Breakfast.  It's been up in our bedroom for 1 1/2 years.

When we moved in September, I decided to put the rainforest up in our study room on the main floor, a couple steps down from the kitchen.  I think it makes a really nice setting and makes the room inviting.  I do believe it is the favorite room of the house.  I will eventually change the picture, because the one I have here is taken with my cell phone and includes the Christmas tree, and it makes it all look confusing, but it still gives a good idea of what it looks like now.