This winter we went to Iowa, and as you can see from the picture below, we had a white Christmas. Making snow angels in this deep of snow can make a little girl very nervous.
While Ryan and Helen were outside tromping around, Jane discovered the joy of an exercise ball.
Now that my Dad has a workroom again, Ryan and I took advantage of our time by fixing up some bunk beds. Helen wanted in on the action, so she was assigned to brush off all the sawdust. While I was training her in her new job I realized that this was what I always did when I was a child. Note the protective eye wear; Norm Abram would be proud.
Here are Helen and Dad enjoying a good story during break time.
Now we get to the most exciting part of our trip -- putting a new wood floor. For those of you who have never put in a floor, in this picture you can see three important parts of the process. Mom was in charge of lining boards up like Tetris, Dad got the wood lined up and then I would nail it into place. The fourth person was the floater, tagging in and out of various jobs and keeping the kids out. 
This fourth job was not always easy, especially since Jane is crawling now.
2 comments:
These pictures were well worth the wait. My favorite was Jane on the ball, and Michelle's eyes at the bowling alley. The kids really were jealous of the snow up to Helen's bellybutton. Oh, and I think I distinctively remember seeing pictures of us as kids looking just like Helen with the big goggles on. That horsehair brush has seen many years of hard work.
i love the bowling ball picture. I can imagine the 5 seconds before and after it. Impressive floor. How long did that room take?
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