The Brick Wall at the End of the Tunnel

We have started the potty training saga, which mostly consists of changing his clothing as often as we changed his diapers. He does look mighty cute in dinosaur undies though.

Don't Smile Me!

I'm not sure where he got his aversion to being filmed but he doesn't like it too much anymore.

Final Kitchen Video

Alrighty. The kitchen is done. I've spent the last couple of days working at a snail's pace on the finishing touches. Molding, trim, plinth, outlet covers... you know, the really annoying stuff that nobody enjoys.

In order to complete all of it I had to jury-rig my compressor so that I had a working brad gun (see first frame of the video). Unfortunately that involved disabling the safety mechanism that shuts a compressor off when it reaches maximum capacity. So as a nod to safety precautions I placed the compressor between my brick house and my neighbor's brick house and hoped that should it explode it would not send shrapnel through anyone's window and inadvertently decapitate anyone in the area. I also kept a pretty close eye on the gauges.

So there you have it. Next project: underground squash court.

Discovering Physics

Cayden is shouting into the box making echoes. Really he is revelling in the ability to shout without anybody telling him to use his indoor voice.

Find of the day

I love summer bug season.

Beach Tour '09

Since last Friday Cayden and Daddy have been here in RI whooping it up and hitting the ocean. I'll give a full report when I get back but here are a couple of preliminary photos.

Cayden hard at work at Horseneck Beach in MA.

Cayden and Vavo

The Boston kids and Sor after the Revs embarrassed themselves at Gillette.

The camera was LASHED to the boat for this self-timed shot.

Wok being luxuriously recreational.

Pretty pretty backsplash

Orange Agate is a drool-worthy wood

Kevin and Erin delivered Abby to us over the weekend, and Kevvy helped Ty finish out the opening in our wall. Turns out two unsupervised boys will spend much more on finish wood than I ever would. I am glad they did because I LOVE it.