Unplanned Weekend House Project

Scott is becoming more of a handyman all the time.  He has learned to fix so many things around the house, and I think he really likes it. We were planning to go to Pittsburg last weekend.  We were all packed up and actually ON OUR WAY when Brooke started throwing up.  We went home and cleaned her up and set off again, thinking she just put her fingers down her throat or ate too much breakfast, but she threw up again!  So we went back home, sat in disappointment for a while, and then decided to start a project in the house.  I say "we", but it was all Scott. 

 

(And Brooke was fine the rest of the day.  Ate and drank like normal.  I guess we just weren't supposed to go to Pittsburg!  God must have been protecting us from something!)

 

This is what the steps looked like before.  We actually rememberer to take a before picture! They were very shiny, squeaky, and slippery.

 

 

During...

 

 

Ahhh, much better.  They aren't shiny anymore!  And they are a little darker too.  We wanted them to be even darker, but the type of wood it is didn't take the stain very well and this is as dark as it would get.  They don't creak and squeak as much either!

Isaiah 41:10

 

We love to hear Brooke talk.  She has a sweet baby voice right now.  Sometimes we just sit back and listen to her.  She talks a lot.  Here is one of the verses she likes to say. 

 

 

Isaiah 41:10

Fear not, for I am with you.  Be not dismayed, for I am your God.  I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand Isaiah 41:10.

Our Caterpillar Experiment

 

We were so excited to get to see the transformation of our caterpillars to a chrysalis! 

 

 

They started as a big fat caterpillar. Then they shrunk up into this comma shape, pulled in their feet, and attached themselves to the stick with a silky thread.  When I first saw them, I thought they were dead, but when the other caterpillar crawled around beside this one he wiggled.  I happened to look at just the right time and we actually saw the caterpillar go into its chrysalis!!!! It was SO COOL! Sorry for the home video quality.  Sometimes it's blurry, sometimes it's not.

 

Almost a minor catastrophe.  But no harm was done!

 

 

I am thinking that the butterflies will come out next spring.  We will keep them in our garage all winter and when it warms up we'll see if we can observe them when they come out!

 

 

UPDATE*

After a couple of weeks the chrysalis looks like this.  Blends right in with the stick.  We had a cold front go through so hopefully they will stay in the chrysalis!  It's nice and chilly in the garage.