Dorm Room Checklist

The kids are assigned to a house ( dorm ) 

Common areas

We arrived early and had a headstart in organizing the room

This is it! 🙂

We decided to rearrange the room to give each of the kids fair chance of having their own bed space so no one has to be on top of the double deck.  So this is what we changed it to ( though I heard they already rearranged it after living there for a few weeks, I am still waiting for the photo 🙂  ) 

More storage space on top of the room

Roomates space

Jaime’s big brother, Chris 🙂

Thanks to some friends who helped us out an gave us a list of all the things we would need in the dorm.  We were guided so well in buying the things.  Even the stores were very prepared, they already have printed checklists which you can grab in the front of the store and use it as a guide.  It’s so common in the States that they are such experts at dorm living!

From Bed Bath and Beyond 

Go here to see a bigger version of this:  http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/bts01_checklist.asp

Wow, i wish I made my dorm room in college PINK! haha 🙂

The boys brought all the things up!! And let Mommy do the unpacking!!! Oh my! 🙂  They went to do other things that were needed – books, etc etc

For comfort since the mattresses could be quite old.   I want my son to have a good rest at night after all he will be studying very very hard! 🙂

I bought this pen so I could mark all his things!! in case it gets misplaced!

I bought dymo tape that you can iron on clothes

Name stickers to stick on school supplies

FOOD!!!  In case of emergency! 🙂  

For his few valuables

Attached to his bed

Tote to bring to the shower plus all the toiletries

School supplies from Staples

Bed lamp for reading

For all devices!

Phone with a very very long cord!

We bought those portable plastic drawers to put under the bed for additional storage – plenty bottled water, drinks, food and toiletries.  We figured it would be best to stock up so he does not have to go out of campus just to buy little things

After 3 hours, Mommy was tired!!! And this was the room

The closet 🙂

Still some space left which I am sure will get full as time goes by

Thanks to Lola Menchu for remembering to pack these!

After around 2 hours of me fixing, the roomate arrived

 

with 6 other family members!! WOW!!  It was a family affair 🙂 and he was lucky he had a lot of help – they finished unpacking even before me!

We were so happy to know that his roomate had a good family background! They even invited him already for Christmas to stay over! 🙂

Soon after lunch, they already had activities!!  Jaime was kicking us out already!! He was so excited!

Oh my! Mess already – we had not even left yet! 🙂

We went down to see what they were doing- they were already having dorm activities and last we saw was they were passing a football around – hmmm…

 

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