Antonio came home, riffled through the stash of cards and asked if he could have a deck. Someone at school showed him how to make card houses & he was wanting to do some here at home. Taking the wee Godzillas in the house, I suggested he take it out to the garage, where it was quieter and the littler ones were less apt to run through it.
He was out there for at least an hour. And he showed way more patience than I ever could with something like this.

Today we went to the Museum of Flight. There was an exhibit on items that Da Vinci created. My mom patiently informed me that he was an inventor, here I thought it was weird they'd be having a painting exhibit at a flight museum. Good thing I'm going to college, huh?

So, here are our future pilots of America.
Rest assured, they have a few more classes before I let them loose on the major airlines.





Antonio looks ready to fly off into the great blue yonder



I believe he can.

Look at the cute little dusting of snow we woke up to this morning.



Those aren't little snowballs, although after looking at the picture they could pass as one, but they're practice golf balls. We're raising little Tiger Woods'es here, ya know.

Victory is mine!

After taking out the water intake pieces, I figured out where one part had become disconnected from another, put it back in the tank & it's back to working like it's cranky old self.

Sweet!

Things not to say to yourself just after the children's evening bath time, which is about 23 minutes from their bedtime.

"I think I'll fix that toilet"

It will not end well.

One wax ring, a crescent wrench, leatherman tool and glass of Go Girl Red wine (from Olympic Cellars) and a couple of towels and a bucket later, there I am, attempting exactly that.
Emptying the toilet, undoing screws and hefting it off it's spot wasn't so bad.
Peeling the nasty wax ring from the toilet's base certainly was.
This has been a boy child's bathroom, and they notoriously have bad aim.
No one should ever have to do that, I know I won't again.

All the while I was wrestling the toilet, of course there a dozen questions asked from the helpers and I had my input, instructing the wee one to get her jammies on…at least a half dozen times.

I got the toilet back on it's spot, bolted it down and attached the water line and skeptically watched it as the tank filled.
No leaks. Sweet!

Until the water intake dealie shot up when the bobber tried to stop at it's fill spot.
Even when the tank lid was on, it rebelled and tried to push it off.
Did I mention I have housemates right now?

I slowed the water to a trickle and searched wtf to do at various DYI websites.
I think I'm going to have to gut it today and put in replacement parts.

After that, if it doesn't work.
Yes, I'll call a plumber.

Julia shows her nurturing side with Doll.
Every evening, she brings out Doll to sit in the swing, or car seat, or tonight, since the swing was in another room, she tucked Doll in for bed on the couch.



We had visited Gramma this weekend, and they picked out that great hat she's wearing. She loves it so much she slept with it last night.

One of our new housemates



We have some friends staying with us while her husband finishes up his enlistment in Hawaii.
This is her 5 week old little guy and she has a 4 year old as well.
So far we're doing pretty great together.