Green Thumb

Abe has really enjoyed working in the garden this spring.  At school they raised caterpillars/butterflies and then released them into their garden.  Since then, he has been very interested in growing things and all sorts of bugs, worms, bees, and birds that populate our back-yard.

Back in the Saddle

It has been a while since our last post, and we have been working to get our projects out of the way so we can enjoy the summer.  We wrapped up the upstairs bathroom in February which was our last major project inside the house. 

Upstairs Bath Progress

I am not sure if I mentioned but Abe had a blast on Halloween...so much so that everytime we go to a neighbor's house he yells "trick or treat!" and the halloween costumes (he had two thanks to his Aussie aunt) have been using their super powers to help around the house. Here is Batman helping Daddy with the bathroom wall texture.

the real superhero hard at work

progress on the tile

Abe's favorite place to nap these days is his tent aka "the bat cave"

Upstairs Bath Before & Demo

We have been hard at work over the last month on the upstairs bath.  Jeff has had a LOT of help from Abe with this one. Things started going much smoother once we established that all tools, regardless of size, weight or location belong solely to Abe and that while he is willing to share with his Daddy, permission must first be asked, preferably with the word "please" and if possible, only after Abe attempts to use the tool first. Jeff's patience has been amazing and it has been really funny to listen to those two "negotiate" over tools.

Merry Christmas!

Our trip to the Westlake carousel on Christmas eve morning was so fun. We can't believe how much Abe has grown from last year! 



 

Tractors

Abe's all time favorite thing right now is "driving tractor!" on G & G Christianson's farm. He likes to tell everyone we meet that he "driving tractor" pretty waitresses, trick-o-treaters, parents at school. We took some pics to document the action.

Goodbye

As a certified believer in "the big one" few things in Seattle make me more nervous than the viaduct so I was bummed to miss the goodbye party, but these two got to live it up car free for a while and Abe got to see some of the demolition (his fascination with Builder Bob has not been the same since).