The Bribe

I had to bribe Kid #2 to hold his younger brother for this shot.  The bribe was for a special dessert treat. 

It worked!

A New Friend

Meet "Bronchi", the new brachiosaurus in town.  Kids like to ride him like a horse, and color polka dots on him. 

He bends and he folds, and he's about 8 feet long.  Even though he is an herbivore by nature, his maker (me) chose to give him some ferocious teeth.  I think all dinosaurs should have teeth large enough to scare a kid into going to bed.

Spooky Things

Spooky costumes:

Spooky poses:

Spooky punkin: 

Spooky carvings:

Spooky dancing:

Mr. Fixit

Favorite wrench = big wrench

Three Month Birthday for #3

Wow, time sure flies.  Three months old already.

Making Cookies

Everybody gets excited when making oatmeal chocolate chip cookies!

The Secret Drawer

Kid #1 (aka, The Girl) and I have been working on a little project together out in the pole barn.  We have been making a "secret" drawer.  It's not that much, actually. 

Here's my work bench (I made that, too): 

The "secret" drawer is really just a drawer under the work bench that kind of blends in with the rest of the bench. 

When you open up the secret drawer, viola...  tools galore. 

This could also be a simple compensation.  That is, since I can't keep the house organized, I feel I can at least keep my tools and pole barn organized.  And when I do organize, I do it too much. 

But then again, maybe it was just a fun project with Kid #1.