Projects

After spending a little over a month in Phoenix, a weekend in Utah for Thanksgiving and a week in Tulsa for Christmas, we are ready to be at home. Mark and I both feel anxious to finish last minute projects and get things all set before the baby is born and before Mark's Christmas break is over. It isn't easy to complete projects with the kids running around, so we have been working at night after the kids go to bed. Unfortunately, they can hardly sleep with all of the pounding and sawing going on.

Last night Mark put our new linen closet door frame in while I "assisted" and then I painted the door along with a few other closet doors outside. Carston wanted to help so much that he couldn't stay in bed. He watched Mark work and with all of the sawdust flying around, he found his own safety glasses. He really did help with anything we could find for him to do, picking up old nails and handing screws to his dad. He is shaping up to be a little handyman like his Daddy. We are so proud of him! I had to get a picture of Carston with his hero.
Once I finally talked Carston into going to bed, since he was nearly falling over with fatigue, Mark and I painted the door frame and the moldings together. It was a lot of work. We have also scraped off and replaced some caulking in the bathroom. Mark fixed our toilet and the kid's bathtub drain. There is still more to do. So much to do and so little time (I hope)!