Dad & Pat's Trip
Here are some pictures from when my dad and brother were up for a visit:
The first project of the Mario Brothers nursery! YAY! You might remember my inspiration piece for this. Well, the hills at the top and the back of the bookcase are going to be painted like the hills here, the sides and the shelves will be white, (I suppose they should probably be brown/tan, but no.) and the cubby that my dad is by (holding the door up since it wasn't attached yet) will be painted like this. Dad is probably going to be mad that I put the picture of him on the blog, but he doesn't look weird in it. He should be proud of his creation! It's really just great. :D
I've already primed most of this, and I hope this weekend is warm so I can finish painting it.
We also went to visit my cousin and her husband (my second cousin, Julia, was at her grandmother's house, so we didn't see her.) and went out to dinner. It was nice. I didn't take any pictures but this one as we were getting off the thruway though.
Mostly we just hung out around the house. I felt bad because I couldn't really take off any time from work (saving it for the baby and all) but my dad accomplished a LOT while I was gone.
I feel like there is more, but I can't think of what else to add... Still, quite the impressive list, no?
And this picture is for you, Mom. The twins in front of the Easter Egg Tree. I left it up just for their trip. Like our awkward "forced kid photo" faces?
The first project of the Mario Brothers nursery! YAY! You might remember my inspiration piece for this. Well, the hills at the top and the back of the bookcase are going to be painted like the hills here, the sides and the shelves will be white, (I suppose they should probably be brown/tan, but no.) and the cubby that my dad is by (holding the door up since it wasn't attached yet) will be painted like this. Dad is probably going to be mad that I put the picture of him on the blog, but he doesn't look weird in it. He should be proud of his creation! It's really just great. :D
I've already primed most of this, and I hope this weekend is warm so I can finish painting it.
We also went to visit my cousin and her husband (my second cousin, Julia, was at her grandmother's house, so we didn't see her.) and went out to dinner. It was nice. I didn't take any pictures but this one as we were getting off the thruway though.
Mostly we just hung out around the house. I felt bad because I couldn't really take off any time from work (saving it for the baby and all) but my dad accomplished a LOT while I was gone.
- Fixed my leaky toilet
- Took apart my dryer and put it back together b/c he couldn't find out why it wasn't heating up. Doing this somehow fixed whatever the problem was...
- Washed plenty of dishes
- Did two loads of laundry to prove that the dryer really was fixed and it wasn't a fluke. (Although, I haven't used it yet so we shall see if it just likes him...)
- Fixed the baseboard in the nursery and attached the vent to the wall (It wouldn't stay in before.)
- Cleaned my gutters on the first floor
- Got my car washed and vacuumed the inside of it
- Played with Kipp
- Re-caulked the shower and took off the water saver from the shower head. I thought we had poor water pressure, but apparently it was the shower head?
- Put together the Mario bookcase! (Well, the bookcase itself was from craigslist, but he cut out and added the hills/put together the cubby.)
- Fixed my Christmas tree. (Kipp had chewed through the cord, naughty puppy.)
I feel like there is more, but I can't think of what else to add... Still, quite the impressive list, no?
And this picture is for you, Mom. The twins in front of the Easter Egg Tree. I left it up just for their trip. Like our awkward "forced kid photo" faces?