Caden 3.2.2010

Me: Caden, what are you doing?
Caden: Nothing, just playin' in mud.

What an honest kid! He was working so hard today in my planter, driving his pickup with a trailer and 4-wheeler through the dirt and mud. I wonder what is going to happen when I plant some flowers in there in the next few months? We may need to get a sandbox!

Basement Update

Our basement project: Phase 1 is in the final stages...thank goodness! We are just waiting on carpet, which is supposed to be installed this Wednesday, then we can start moving things around and living in the space. Here are some pictures from today. Darin is in the process of staining trim and a door, so you can see that laying around.

This first picture is when your first come down the stairs, there will still be a little room there:

This is from one corner of the basement:

And the other corner:

It is so nice to have the sheetrock and taping done. That created a never-ending layer of dust on everything. Darin painted last week, so that mess is complete now too. Now, once we get rid of the fumes from stain and finish, life will be good!

St .Patrick's Day Fun

We are now back to blogging at the Esser house. There was lots of excitement today for St. Patrick's Day. Caden's class has been talking about green things all week and he had his clothes for today picked out since last week. He had to bring something green to eat today, so he wanted to bring celery. What a nice, easy selection for his mom to get ready (as opposed to cookies, cupcakes, etc). Here is the little leprechaun before he left for school this morning. He is quite the accessorizer.

Both boys were convinced that they needed to wear green PJs to bed last night, so the leprechauns didn't pinch them in the night. Carter also said that we needed to leave cream, oatmeal and butter out for the leprechauns to eat. I only had sour cream, so hopefully that worked for them.

At first, I mixed all three together, then Carter informed me that wouldn't work.

Aside from the St. Patrick's Day fun, it was a beautiful day. We snuck home after Wednesday school so the boys could play outside for a while when it was so nice out. It is supposed to be rainy and snowy the next two days. Also, Happy 3rd Birthday to cousin Tate!