Our Adventures Through City and Backcountry
Yesterday evening I was driving the girls home from Target while Molly was out babysitting. As we traveled I was getting more and more stressed out with everything going on in the car. It was 6:45, and Ellie hadn’t napped well so she was screaming and refusing to keep her pacifier in, Zoe was in […]
Read More Caring ZoeI took Z to the park today and she wanted to start by going on the baby swings. Once she finished we walked over to the slides where she guiltily looked me in the eye and said “I tooted on the baby swing”. I assured her that it was ok. Earlier in the day she […]
Read More 2 Zoe QuotesZoe and I took our first backpacking trip together this week I had to persuade her a little bit by calling it a park, and she easily fell for that. One of my goals for the summer was to see the Site A/Plot M disposal site, the place where the 1st ever nuclear reactor was […]
Read More Hiking TripI’ve been hard at work on the arcade cabinet, so I wanted to give an update! First the base was built, and the sides attached. [singlepic=8530,320,240,,center] Next came the top and the control panel. [singlepic=8535,320,240,,center] The nearly finished cabinet. [singlepic=8559,320,240,,center] I’ve still got some work to do on the set-up. More pictures are below.
Read More Arcade ConstructionSince Z had done such a great job at the dentist Molly promised her that she could pick out a new toy at the toy store. We had planned on getting her some little trinket, but since she did do a really great job and it’s been almost 6 months since she did get a […]
Read More Zoe’s dental rewardFor some reason I made Ellie very, very sleepy on Friday. She and I spent the morning playing on the swing set (OK, I pushed and she just sat there), and after an hour or so I brought her in to change her diaper. As I was walking back down the stairs she fell asleep. […]
Read More I am Ellie’s sedativeYesterday at Menards I picked up what I hope will be most of the materials I will need for the cabinet. [singlepic=8161,320,240,,center] I also got the first set of pieces measured: [singlepic=8173,320,240,,center] and cut: [singlepic=8174,320,240,,center] [singlepic=8176,320,240,,center] I actually got the base fully assembled today, I’ll add a picture next time I update.
Read More Arcade Update – ShoppingWith summer officially starting today I got a chance to get the main part of the arcade project underway. First a quick update on what I’ve done since I last wrote about this project. Over spring break I built a mock-up of the control panel: [singlepic=8170,320,240,,center] I’m glad that I took the time to do […]
Read More Arcade UpdateOddly, this one doesn’t involve Zoe or Ellie at all, the unfortunate person was Molly. With the weather turning nice, one of Zoe’s favorite things to do is “eat outside, eat outside, eat outside, . . .”. So Sunday we brought our lunch out back. Just as we were finishing up this bird: landed right […]
Read More Another Poop StoryMolly took this picture because she thought it made me look like a nerd. I just think it’s pretty impressive though. Here’s a better one of the whole setup. Notice the ceiling mounted stereo, and the second PC down is the one that will be going into the arcade cabinet (construction begins later this week!)
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