Playset Resurection

Proof posative that one man's trash is another man's treasure. We bought this playset for $240, now don't go getting impressed by that, it was a total pile of garbage then (see previous statement). Basically it was a bunch of pieces of wood that vaguely resembled pieces of a worn out beaten swing set. (We should have taken a before picture). We have sanded, and sanded, and sanded (and then sanded some more) and then stained and stained, and run back and forth to the hardware store about a dozen times for different bolts screws and replacment pieces of wood. But we finally got it all put together. And counting all the other stuff we have replaced we are probably into it around $325ish; pretty sweet playset for that much eh? Next project "Bury the Tramp" .... but that is going to take a bit, maybe I will work on the closet shelves or the pool table for a while .... or nap. (Yes, thats my sweet wife hangin with the kids ... literally).

St. Patricks Day

Okay so I know it has been a long while since we posted, but we are making efforts to reduce some craziness in our lives and focus on some more important things. So I promise to be more diligent about adding to the post here.

Anyway, so a little background to this video. The kids were asked to make leprechaun traps for school as a school project. They came up with their own ideas and we (meaning the super awesome mommy not actually me the daddy) helped to build them. We painted some rocks gold and set them up to catch some leprechauns.

Needless to say when daddy came home from work in the morning, he found a note from the leprechaun saying how angry he was that he had to use some magic gold coins to escape the traps and the gold in them was fake =). For some reason this particular leprechaun decided to play a trick in return (it's only a coincidence that daddy found the note first of course). So the video following is the results of that trick. Enjoy.