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[quote=Anonymous]We moved from a house to an apartment (2 bedroom, 1200 sq. ft.) for 18 months while we waited for our new house to be built. Our twins were four at the time. The hardest thing was that they didn't really have space for their stuff like they had had before. The bedroom they shared was small and while the closet was a walk-in, it wasn't huge. We don't normally keep a lot of toys in their room but had to do so in the apartment so that they wouldn't be all over the living room (and I am someone who hates crap, doesn't buy a ton of toys, and is militant about purging things). But you know, kids toys take up space, especially when they're younger. The other hard thing for us was that they couldn't go outside without us being there because we didn't have a yard that we could access easily (we were on the fourth floor). Another thing was that you could hear everything, all the time.

As kids get older, their toys tend to get smaller, so that helps, but they also like to have places that they can go to that are just theirs. Of course, that's not necessary, and obviously tons of people share bedrooms growing up, but I have found with my twin girls that while they love each other and spend almost all their time together (willingly), they also both need their space at some point every day, at which time it's great for them to be able to get away from each other, which was hard to do in the apartment.[/quote]

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