And this table was just right

Gracie and Liam came by for a visit.
Gracie loved this little tikes table that I got for 10 bucks. Including chairs. So Teen's bringing it back with her to NJ. Along with a van-ful of toy's and stuffed animals and other junk.
Better make some room Chris.


We even got our eavestroughs and soffets done in time for their visit.
Nah, we did the eaves in black to match our windows. The soffets were redone in a dover gray.
The guys that did it, did a great job. And it was done fairly quickly. The detail on the downspouts was pretty nice. The old way that tie was like a bandaid. But the way this crew did it made it nice and neat.




This was a lot tougher shot to get than it looks.
Most of the night they were running around in circles and we were trying to make sure they didn't knock over the kid sister in the process.



Our living room looked like it was hit by Katrina. But the two of them helped clean up afterwards. Good thing we have been reducing Kieran's stuff little by little. This is the Montessori way. Having too much stuff confuses kids, they need to have only a few things that keep their interest and can entertain themselves and they can learn from. No electronics, no TV, no marketting stuff. Believe me, it's tough at the beginning to not just pop in a DVD movie or turn on Treehouse and let him watch TV for 8 hours while I do something around the house. But that's just no good for the K-dude. Kids up to the age of 5 learn by touch and doing stuff. They need to experience the world. They need to learn about nature and respect for our planet and one another. Can't do that from the couch, or with a PSP or gameboy in their hands. When Teen came over, we didn't turn the TV on once. You don't need to. They get used to it. Just like in the movie the Waterboy, TV "is the devil". I think Adam Sandler's mother in that movie referred to everything as the devil.
In any case. They don't need it. And there's studies that indicate that 1 hr of TV, can increase the chance of an attention deficit disorder by 10%. You can take that with a grain of salt.


It was then the hitting game and doing my best to tire the two of them out. After about 20 rounds of pillow attacks, they finally were down for an 8 count, but got their second wind. And believe me, I did my best to pound them. These two needed to have their nails trimmed, and they weren't backing away from me no matter how many pillows came their way.


But it was time to go for Liam and Grace. So they got into their jammies and brushed their teeth to head back to the Eastend.


But don't worry we'll see you soon.


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