Trout Farm 2008

Despite the cold rain, the kids had a fun time at the trout farm. Jack helped Dad catch the smallest fish in the pond.
Mia enjoyed getting to know the fish. Check out this fish kiss video

Vacuuming

The smallest monster loves it when I vacuum. She chases the vacuum, then lies down in front or sits on it.

Columns

Finally, the reason the carpet has been delayed for so long is gone. The columns were put up yesterday. Tonight Dave and I put on the "grey coat" to make the styrofoam columns sturdy. Saturday we'll put on a hard finish, then we'll be ready for the carpet next week.

We all have our days...

Yesterday I was reminded of a time when Lydia was three or four years old.

We have an electric piano and a Light-Bright toy. (You know the toy with little colored pegs that you push into a device that is covered with black paper.) Well Lydia noticed a little hole on the front of the piano that was the exact size for a Light-Bright peg to fit. This hole just happened to be the jack for head phones. Well, when she put the peg in, the piano thought there were head phones in, and stopped making any noise at all. When I found the peg stuck in the hole I had no idea how to get it out. The peg was stuck tight, so even if I could tip the huge piano over, there was no way it would come out. Then my one brilliant idea of my life struck me. I took the rubber tips off a small bobby-pin. Then I used a lighter and heated the tips until they were red hot. I shoved the hot bobby-pin into the plastic peg, and left it there until the plastic cooled, then pulled out the bobby-pin with the peg stuck to it. I still have the bobby-pin/Light-Bright peg to remind myself on those days when I am feeling like a complete lump of useless goo, that if I just hang on and keep trying I can have great moments.


On another topic, Mia has had a runny nose all week, and I wondered if it was from teething. Sure enough, she has 4 teeth coming in. Poor kid

Thanks for the party

Jack enjoyed his party. He's been looking forward to it since Jenny's birthday in March.

Today Dave's family came over and helped us clean and install electrical stuff in the basement

Check out Jack's first attempt at movie making

Happy Birthday, Jack

Today is Jack's third birthday. We celebrated this morning by taking the mini-van in to have the brakes fixed. Jack, Mia, and I walked to Krispy Kreme's and had some yummy birthday doughnuts. Then we walked to Shopko and got new Spiderman shoes, Spiderman sunglasses, and a cool Spiderman hat. Tonight we had Jack's birthday dinner. His choice was hot dogs and french fries