We were busy this weekend. I can't believe how tired I am and it is only Monday! UGH!
Kevin inflated the kiddie pool, and the kids love it.
We also played with
Gears! Gears! Gears! all weekend long. (Yes, they use exclamations in the name brand... I find it annoying too. You can't say "hey lets play Gears, Gears, Gears" with a flat affect. Instead you are required to say it with excitement and joy.)
See the joy on Kevin's face?
Moe made this one. It is supposed to be the "Wiggles' car" and these weebles are the Wiggles...:)
These sets can be pricey, so I am always on the lookout at yard sales and Goodwill for more sets. They all work together, and some of them come with a motor that can make your creation go forward or backward.
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And we decided to work on an old chair. I got two of these chairs for $50 at Feather Your Nest. We think they are from the 20's, but not sure. Anyway, they are solid wood, but the fabric was dry rotted, and there was some repair work needed on the springs....I know how to pick good chairs....hehehe
If you have any idea who made them or when or what style, please share! There are no markings or lables to indicate who made them or when they were made.
Screwed up springs...
Finally I got all the fabric off, and all the staples out. I do know whoever made it liked using a stapler.
Here is the diagram of the springs and all the wires. Thankfully Kevin did this part. I am just the muscle behind this job. He is the brains.
Here he is weaving the wires into the new burlap.
More on the chair later.
Have a great week!
~Karen
Grow, Baby, Grow!
We (mostly me) are impatient and cannot wait until the garden is overflowing with veggies.
Happy kids
Have a great week!
We've been playing outside, piddling in the garden, and trying to keep cool. It continues to be steamy here with humidity making the overall temperature feel over 100 degrees. BLECH!
Yummers! Fruit!
The chair is done! I am not 100% thrilled with it, but it is done, and I am sure it will be done again if we continue to own it.
Ralphie is less than an hour old here. And his little eyes hadn't even opened yet. He is a rat terrier, and will be coming home to us in 8 weeks. This picture is a not the best. I think he wasn't even fully clean when it was taken. And it was taken off a cell phone!
These sets can be pricey, so I am always on the lookout at yard sales and Goodwill for more sets. They all work together, and some of them come with a motor that can make your creation go forward or backward. 
If you have any idea who made them or when or what style, please share! There are no markings or lables to indicate who made them or when they were made.
More on the chair later.
I can't believe how big Moe is. Here he is at naptime. Zonked out.
More Moe. He said he is going to give up his thumb, but I doubt it. It is amazing to me all the things children learn in the first 3-4 years of life.
And finally..some more curtains. I don't know what I think about them. Sometimes I like them, while other times I am ambivalent. Maybe they will grow on me....