We will go ahead and call the weekend a success. Kenny started building a playhouse for the kids that we've been talking about building for years. It will be very redneck (aka ugly and fun). I can't wait.
Reasons for success rating:
-Kenny "let" me use two different power tools and I still have both of my arms. In fact, all of the members of our household have intact every limb. Even the animals.
-The playhouse frame fell on Kenny and he now has a swollen elbow. This rates successful because he only got one injury and it didn't even land us in the emergency room.
-Playhouse is located on the edge of our land. This means that with the aid of binoculars, I can watch for deer. I can also watch for my neighbor watching for deer and when he has a perfect shot, I can jump and yell to scare it away. (Don't worry, my hunter friends, this is a joke. I know that my neighbor is crazy enough to shoot me on the spot for pulling a stunt like this.)
-Kyler and Mae have each learned how to properly use a hammer. And not on each other.
So, a good weekend it was. I have yet to convince Kenny of a trampoline exit (in which you would jump from the top tier of the playhouse onto a next-door trampoline as an exit route), but I am consistent in my begging. I also have secret plans to install a fireman's pole and a zip line but this will have to be done while Kenny is sleeping. Then, I can totally act like it wasn't me. An act of God; that's what we'll call it. God wants us to live dangerously in the name of excitement and fun.
I will post a picture of our ghetto creation when it is completely birthed.
(Aaron) You should put up a zip line! The trampoline idea would end badly, though.
ReplyDelete(Sigh) You're right. I am about 92% serious about the zip line though.
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