Giving our ballet loving toddler a bedroom makeover!

[@breakfastsewingclub1170]

I love when kids have alternative interests besides tractors and trucks. My son is obsessed with bagpipes. Yup. Bagpipes. And all things Scotland really but primarily bagpipes. He is 7 and has never been to Scotland.

[@heatherwhite2788]

In this life…

[@WeatherInOrlando]

My nephew went through a phase of being obsessed with wet floor signs! It makes complete sense, he was 3 so they were brightly coloured, at his eye level and he was just starting to read and the words are printed very clearly on them

[@boopsbucket]

I’ve had a rough day and just burst out laughing reading this, thank you, that’s the cutest and silliest thing ever ❤

[@RivLoveshine]

I have autism and ADHD. One common trait of these is called a special interest, or hyperfixation. This sounds like your son might have a special interest. My main special interests are pillows, and anything relating to jungles, step pyramids, and Mesoamerica, particularly the Aztecs. I became really obsessed with all of these things when I was around 5. I remember being around that age and watching my older sibling play Zuma, and just being enamored with the step pyramid and jungle theming of the game. And I loved this restaurant chain called Azteca Mexican Restaurant because I thought "it's called Azteca! It must be related to those people that built those cool pyramids in the jungle!" But of course in reality, the Aztecs did not found that restaurant, and they didn't live in the jungle.

[@elijahh2220]

@@RivLoveshine I'm also autistic, but I think pretty much all children go through phases of intense obsessions and it's a bit odd to claim a child has a special interest based on a short KZbin comment.

[@dannieros3]

Definitely not me crying on my lunch break when he said, “it’s completely what I wanted 💜”

[@samanthaoddsweb]

same... such a wonderful gentleman

[@bits68]

At four years old, (around the late sixties early seventies) I declared that I wanted to be a professional Dancer, and Like yourselves my parents were amazingly supportive and encouraging (they didn't care about gender specific activities) and I went on to have an amazing life and career spanning over forty years as a professional dancer, including 12 west end musicals and a couple of touring ballet companies. Rupert is a very lucky young man, with Parents like you, a little hard work and passion he'll achieve great things, what ever he chooses in life. kudos ladies, you're doing a wonderful job 🎅🏿💛💛 P.S. Nice partner work Rupert, well done x

[@DieAlteistwiederda]

Supportive parents go a long way. Even if this isn't something he wants to pursue in adulthood he'll know his parents will always be there for him no matter what he chooses to do in his life.

[@jessicaoutofthecloset]

Thank you for sharing, I loved reading this 💖

[@ralotralot]

My five year old son was the only boy in his ballet class. He had the opportunity to perform in a local show where he was teamed up with another boy, and they really enjoyed dancing together! I asked his teacher, “how many children do you need to run a boys’ class?” because I thought he’d love it. The teacher told me she’d need ten sign-ups, and do you know, I did it! I found ten little lads who like leaping around. Quite a big feat in south east London! So, the new class has been running weekly since the summer. What did my son say? “I miss the girls’ class!” Oops 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@logo9470]

😂😂😂 of course!😂

[@FairFeline]

Awww

[@theyggdrasilarchives]

aaaah im watching this before i go to dress rehearsal for the nutcracker and im so excited!!!! there really needs to be more gender diversity in ballet and seeing rupert enjoy it warms my heart so much as a nonbinary ballet dancer 💕

[@TessConnellan]

I love this comment so much

[@BonnieDlamini-o6l]

I agree, my younger brother who has always loved ballet was bullied out of doing ballet because ‘boys can’t do ballet’ I wish he’d been left alone and allowed to like what he likes, it’s amazing to see young boys allowed to explore different interests

[@Ravenovia]

@BonnieDlamini-o6lThe Nutcracker??? Is literally named??? After a role played by a male ballet dancer??? What???

[@TrueGojiraFan]

This melted my heart. Oh my goodness, what a happy little boy he is. Blessings to you, your wife, and your little one!

[@MothproofKT]

“It’s completely what I wanted” 😭❤ You’re both raising such a wonderful boy, he’s a testament to how much you put into your parenting. His reaction was so adorable it brought tears. I’m sure he’ll remember this forever. Job well done! ❤

[@bookbelle5475]

3:00 He's just testing the toys to make sure they're good enough for future siblings 😂

[@jennifers5560]

Exactly!

[@viviannmagalhaes3834]

It's the part he "lifts" you for me, this whole video is so precious 😭😍 Rupert will keep growing up knowing he is loved and respected, a huge thumbs up to his mamas!

[@lazylittledragon]

i went on a google deep dive because i couldn't remember what it was called but i had an AMAZING book when i was little called 'i want to be a ballerina' by rosie mccormick! it's a pop up book with BEAUTIFUL illustrations, i think you can only get it second hand now but it's a really lovely book if you can find it!

[@sunnypeaches2443]

This brought tears to my eyes - this is what you do with kids, have an interest in their interests!!

[@PhoebeFayRuthLouise]

This sweet bedroom makeover really shows the love you have for Rupert! I’m glad he was so pleased!

[@NyxTyrianthinus]

Big YES for limiting his choices to not overwhelm him! Love from an educationalist, who works with toddlers. Decision fatique is even valid in adults, forcing your toddler to decide everything is a sure fire way to make them a stessed little timebomb. 😑 Good Participation is giving children small, age appropriate choices wich consequences they can grasp. For toddlers this would be something like giving them two outfit options, just how Jessica does, or 3 pictures of lanterns to choose wich to built.

[@albablabla]

ohh that clip of you two dancing at the end is soo precious 💖 thank you for sharing these moments with us while still keeping his privacy

[@adani2382]

You guys are so intentional and thoughtful in all and everything you’re doing for your son, that seems exhausting being that conscientious and I’m so impressed, you are both wonderful parents ♥️

[@rosieweaselby]

Not to alarm, but I highly recommend always washing fabrics you buy before use, as they’re often made with chemicals that are harsh on the skin (and now, in the era of WISH and TEMU level production, can also have toxic chemicals and viruses and bacteria on them).

[@oceane.r]

As a former Nutcracker/Ballet obsessed 3 year old and a still Nutcracker/ballet obsessed adult, I agree with Rupert. I also think it's nic❤️

[@sol_sunnyy5472]

As a ballet-loving person(and hopefully soon-to-be-novice), whos been watching so much ballet related content, this made me smile unbelievably big. What a beautiful video 🥹❤

[@IkedaHakubi]

Rupert is very blessed to have two such loving mothers!

[@HOHNancy]

Rupert’s new bedroom makeover was fantastic! ❤ He seems happy with what Jessica and Claudia did for his room. It was also nice to see Tilly and Bertie as well. 😊

[@sallyjordan4869]

That was darling. What a sweet and lucky little chap Rupert is. 🎀💖🎀

[@rebeccanakashima]

That last line in the book you mentioned made me burst into happy tears. What the heck? I love so much how attentive both of you are to Rupert's growing interests. Obviously, that's what parents do, but seeing the special love and care going into every piece and every decision is so heartwarming. Excuse me while I go blow my nose. 😭🤧😍

[@logo9470]

So sorry you are both feeling poorly. Hope you’re both tip top in time for the Holidays. Rupert’s room turned out so beautifully! He is so sweet “It’s so nice…It’s completely what I wanted!” Oh this child! I just want to give him a big hug! So precious! ❤ Edit: Yay new merch!🎉🎉🎉

[@Jacob-ps5xl]

love Claudia's polar bear jumper! I also loved nutcrackers as a little kid, they were so fascinating to me for some reason, we still have a few for Christmas.

[@Whxyte]

this reminded me of my mom spending weeks meticulously copying a bunch of sea creatures into a mural for the bedroom i shared with my siblings when we were kids the colors are faded and the wall is stained from water damage and age but it's still there, must be close to twenty years old now

[@Peg06]

Precious! Everything in his bedroom is perfect for him and he took ownership of it right away! I melted at his reaction to the new things which display who he is. Well done, Mummy and Mama!

[@lilykatmoon4508]

Rupert seems such a sweet, special child. How lucky he is to have such supportive mothers who allow him to love what he loves and explore who he is without fear of judgement. What an awesome gift ❤

[@SalomeMin]

It’s lovely, and e fact you care so deeply about his choices is wonderful

[@Nill2323-l8s]

Heads up on identifying info at 3.30 you might have wanted to omit x

[@kate4781]

Commenting to make this more visible to Jessica

[@nojerama788]

Cookie crumbs for the comment, boost!

[@ashildrtheswift3028]

I hope she sees this!

[@Kjane921]

That’s information they’ve shared on purpose before (assuming you’re referring to the name/birthdate)

[@warningfirefairy]

Guys when Rupert was born they posted that cross stitch as part of the announcement with his DOB

[@jennifers5560]

Thank you for sharing such sweet family moments with us. It is lovely to see how much you care for and love each other. And as an owner of no less than 40 full size nutcrackers, I agree with Rupert that you need more of them throughout your house. 😬

[@Fleevee_Anonymous]

Wowzie, three year old me was just hiding under tables, rolling on the ground and asking brutal questions. Compliments to you guys and your cutely sophisticated toddler 💛

[@SibylleLeon]

R is so stinkin' cute!! And this room really befits his sophisticated taste ❤

[@TiffanyAllen1784]

You need someone from the US to send you one of the Pride nutcrackers from Target. They’re a lot, but I kind of love them.

[@TiffanyAllen1784]

Also, I’ve heard of people adding a choice per year of age to give them a bit more choice. So maybe you can compromise by giving him three choices now?

[@shannonchristie-wickham8453]

Oh, i love this so much. My oldest has danced since she was 7, 25 now. My boys both danced and everyone was in the Nutcracker for years, even my husband. My 14 yr old son still dances but not as much. They both still help with our Ballet company's Nutcracker every year and live seenew you ger boys dancing. They had several male Ballet role models. If you can, our Nutcracker was on the national news NBC Nightly News. Our area was devastated by Hurricane Helene. Rupert's room is wonderful! Happy Christmas

[@sabrinalocrian]

Super adorable! Watching this was literally the most xmas-y thing I've done this year, so that was really nice.

[@Bexbecgood]

Such a class act couple 🤍

[@kushprince8001]

I grew up with the royal ballet but never had a room like this 😭😂 YOU ARE AMAZING PARENTS!

[@samsherwood8332]

as a twenty-four year old who collects nutcrackers (I believe I currently have twenty-five of them, as I’ve been getting one or two a year for about 15 years now), I completely love this interest of Rupert’s. He seems like such a sweet and loving little boy!

[@TheDopekitty]

You two are such lovely parents and you're raising a wonderful kid.

[@AngelavengerL]

Aww this was so sweet! I love him trying to lift you at the end as a ballerina. Having a great reading area is always top notch, as a fellow bookworm I loved it!

[@emilyflavell1658]

I love how he brushed the Nutcrackers hair, that's so sweet

[@ArtingFromScratch]

💚💜💚💜💚💜💚 Jessica... please make paper dolls of yourself with your dresses...or yourself and Claud... sooo cute 💜💚💜💚💜💚💜

[@jennifers5560]

Yes! They could be digitally downloaded files!

[@kpwxx]

Ooh this is an excellent idea. Another KZbinr I watch, grav3yardgirl, did a paper doll dress up book years ago. It was published by Dover Publications. Each outfit had a little blurb written by her telling you about it. It's one of my favourite merch pieces ever. This would fit so so perfectly for Jessica!!!

[@hopegold883]

My dears, you are still both as upper organized! Thank you for the tour though! Everything in my life is messy right now, and it was so calming to.

[@hopegold883]

*Super* organized!! Shaky hands

[@persephonebasilissa5109]

If his love for nutcrackers continues, you can consider 1 new nutcracker each year. My adult offspring still enjoy bringing out their collections for the holiday season.

[@katwitanruna]

I always had the low hanging rods in the closet so my kids could choose their own clothes. I found that anything Hanna Anderson got worn first. Followed by Gap clothes. Primarily because they had soft or no tags and were brightly colored and soft.

[@jeannebrdt]

Baby he is adorable !!! I absolutely need you to know that there is a Nutcracker musical book that play the song of the opera fitting for the scene on each page, it's been a blast with my students. The merch looks lovely tho I have absolutely no more money

[@katwitanruna]

You two are fantastic parents!

[@emmastraub6842]

I love that he loves the Nutcracker

[@kittymervine6115]

My Montessori daughter, and her Montessori son....he can even walk to his Montessori school as it is across the street...he goes to his bureau and the first top and first bottom. Always what is on top. Not a care, but he has shown us all from age 2 that that he loves MATH.

[@Theamateurecologist]

What a sweet room! My son is the same age and loves the nutcracker! I wish I would have thought to do the same, but perhaps next year.

[@johannageisel5390]

All five of you are so darling cute!

[@rainbeaubear]

this is nit-picky for sure but i would always recommend washing bedding before you put it on because you never know what chemicals or dyes the factory uses that may not have fully washed off. also as someone with allergies to detergent, its just the best way to know it doesnt have anything that could irritate yours or your cutie’s skins! beautiful makeover though! so glad you’re showing him how much hes loved ☺️❤️

[@piperevelyn2446]

Oh yeah, that was my only issue with this video, too. Also even if the chemicals used were not bad, all the dust from the factory line has probably gathered in the fabric. But the design itself was cute and will surely bring joy.

[@rainbeaubear]

@ good point, they always do have that dusty smell right out of the bag, plus washing them softens them, so its a win-win

[@Flareontoast]

Roo is so adorable! And so very loved.

[@Milestone257]

This mad me so so so happy! Thank you letting him experience his interests it's going to and does bring so much joy! Also love the books selection. One of hem reminds me of my childhood! Love books

[@asmokeus]

ruru likes ballet????? 🥹😭 AHHHHHHH he's such a sweet little angel!!! i hope he gets to dance his lil heart out in this life!!!!!!!!

[@SomeoneBeginingWithI]

limiting choices to just two items per draw is ideal for young toddlers, but at 3 going on 4, a choice between 3 or 4 items is probably fine for him. Having more of the clothes stored in the draws accessible to Rupert will be much easier for you to maintain as parents, I think it makes sense to go with that.

[@abilevitt3334]

This was delightful! He is one lucky boy! This brought me a lot of joy 🙂❤️

[@mind_palace]

So fun to watch, the casualness especially. Makes it much easier to watch and follow, and gives it a cosy vibe. And watching this reminded me of a show i used to watch called dance academy, all about ballet and they were inclusive as well👌 And true, a lot of children's literature, though they have amazing art style, are actually really abstract drawings, and contain stories that don't make sense, don't have a beginning and an end, or use sentence that are too long with or complex(since anyone can write a book, they're not all equal when it comes to educational value). In my classes we also were taught to use more realistic drawings when teaching kids new vocab. And with animals, use of actual photographs was advised instead of drawings Seeing the cupboard reminded me of my own cupboard. 85% rarely used, 15% of the same things, but it does help having a section of ready to wear things, makes it much less overwhelming👌🤓

[@madebymaryssa]

This is making me remember ballet class when I was a kid. We never did The Nutcracker, but I ended up with lots of ballet-themed dolls and room decor as gifts.

[@ck2d]

My son has autism and we were trying to help him become more verbal (which worked btw) so I read him 3 new picture books and a chapter from a "boring book" as he described it, ie a chapter book. Every single night. For 8 years. We were forever at the library. What I'd give to have another reading goodnight.

[@ThatgeekNolan]

He’s so sweet!

[@katielouise210]

oh this was so precious!!! you are such a wonderful little family

[@stephf8382]

This was so sweet. The room looks great and looks like he loves it😊

[@angelofmusic997]

I love how much he loves The Nutcracker! It's so cute

[@fixxundfertig]

Oh my goodness, Rupert is just too cute!

[@clotildebesson1991]

I'm curious about Montessori's approach to children's books, how does that affect toddlers' imagination? Do they still easily create scenes with their animal toys doing "human" activities?

[@hopegold883]

Perfect ending!

[@solveigst-juste6276]

This is so adorable. Rupert looks so pleased 😊. I was wondering as a chronically ill/disabled girly myself who’d like children some day too, as Rupert is growing, is he noticing things about your health, does he get worried. How do you and Claudia deal with that on the regular.

[@jennifers5560]

Hey, I can talk a bit about having a disabled/chronically ill Mom. (She had MS) When I was young, I was not scared or worried that she was ill or couldn’t walk. Her being in bed or having bad days was just how she was. It wasn’t anything out of the ordinary. Weirdly, when my Dad was in the hospital for some sort of intestinal thing, that made me super upset. He was the healthy one, he wasn’t supposed to be sick, my Mom was. I will say my parents were very open about my Mom’s illness so it was never anything that I wondered about. ❤

[@Willow0.o]

truly magical! y'all did an amazing job :D

[@16taysia]

That piano book is really cool!! 😊❤

[@angelacanedit]

little rupert is so cute 🥺

[@crimsonlavender232]

Howww precious is he!!!

[@TheGirlWhoExists]

Seeing The Young Dancer on the bookshelf was a blast from the past! I had that exact book when I too was a little ballet obsessed child

[@toomanyopinions8353]

Will there be captions? Also, this is so sweet 😭

[@Unic0rnSnot]

Oh what a precious bean 😭❤️❤️

[@francescathomas3502]

Love the Nutcracker Duvet and pillow. Those are gorgeous!! So is the rest of the room. And Rupert is adorable!! That dancing at the end was also adorable.

[@alexamain]

jessica pleaseee do a hair tutorial, it's so beautiful!!

[@rodentary]

Can you do a t-shirt/hoodie/zip up hoodie of cartoon you and Claud? Cause i kinda want one of you two.

[@marthavaldez3602]

Great books 💖

[@newsjunkie7135]

I am so happy for Rupert! ❤

[@maximataramundi4756]

Yeah exactly! I agree, two much better than three for children to choose from.

[@licensed_loser]

ohhh that's a good title/theme - I'm hooked !❤

[@AP-em6po]

yall are the cutest family! i wish you the best!

[@maggiemacha5552]

The room looks wonderful! I am so glad he’s pleased ♥️

[@susanpolastaples9688]

❤❤❤Claudia's jumper

[@cheerijessie]

You have such a cute family, my goodness! A Happy Christmas to you all

[@prismpulseio]

That's so cuuuttteee

[@williamnabarroreese8512]

Awesome parents

[@marianneshepherd6286]

Wonderful video thanks for sharing! Can I recommend a book called 'Dogs don't do ballet' it's a lovely story about a little girl and her dog who loves to dance. I'm aware that it's not Montessori (because it shows a dog doing ballet in a tutu) ❤

[@amandabecker642]

Love this! ❤

[@FaithPixel]

I recomend buying some cheap nutcrackers after crimbo and doing some crafts with them. Maybe pull off yhe hair and parts before hand so its not off putting for him. Then you can build different colours and hairs

[@AmarisFrede]

Where do you buy bedcasings, that are so natural, you don't have to wash them, before putting them on the pillows and covers? I get itchy just smelling the stuff in the store, I really need to wash all laundry at least once before using them, or the chemicals burn in my eye, throat and on the skin.

[@AR-syyel]

Cuuute

[@mariab1429]

This is so much fun! He's adorable. Good job! 😄

[@doravalencia2214]

My favorite ballet books for my daughter are Teo's tutu Baller - ina

[@solarmoth4628]

I had the same young dancer book at Rupert’s age, although I quickly lost interest in ballet after taking classes because learning the basics wasn’t as fun as I thought. 😅 Although Pottery Barn beds are expensive. They are sturdy. I had mine for ten years. I gave it away, it didn’t break, I’m sure it got many more years of use after it left my home.

[@cariiinen]

Lovely

[@WeirdSurvivor]

This is so amazing it made my day amazing ❤

[@yesterdaydream]

Consistently jealous of this lil one!!!

[@gooseandfish]

I think you'll need a storage bin just for all the nutcrackers lol