Brandon's big projects for the week that he took off involved our fences. He decided they were an eyesore and needed some help. This meant paint, among other things. Brandon decided that the front fence should stay white but then we had to decide what to do with the back fence. We think it is hilarious that there are three different types of fence in the back, one for each side. One of the reasons we find this so funny is because we are pretty sure that they were put up by someone living in our house. I guess they didn't believe in consistency. To cover the wood, the different colors of paint and the graffiti showing through some of the paint we decided on a nice brown. Now the fence is at least the same color. I would love to say that I helped a lot but I mainly refereed the kids.
William got to help paint the fence out front. He thought it was so neat to help Daddy and he got his own paint brush, just his size. He also liked that he had clothes specifically for painting. That is the one good thing about him wearing holes in his jeans, so easy to cut off and I don't care if they get dirty. Caitlyn tried to help and was very sad when she was told that we appreciated her trying but she was done. She did feel better when she figured out that since she had paint on her clothes I didn't care if she wore he clothes into the pool. She had a blast playing in the water with her clothes on.
This is the gate that Brandon built. Someone, either previous residents or the people who fixed up the house to sell it, put up posts for a gate between the house and the garage but never actually put a gate up. So we have had to constantly tell the kids to not go on the driveway by the car. Brandon was tired of it so he built a gate, with a little help from his grandpa and the use of his grandpa's power tools. He is a much better gate builder then the person that put gates in the front fence. Brandon's swings open and everything. Now the kids are trapped, except for the fact that William can get the gate open so we have a rule that he has to ask before he opens it. Brandon figures that his week off was worth it because he finished his really big projects.
William got to help paint the fence out front. He thought it was so neat to help Daddy and he got his own paint brush, just his size. He also liked that he had clothes specifically for painting. That is the one good thing about him wearing holes in his jeans, so easy to cut off and I don't care if they get dirty. Caitlyn tried to help and was very sad when she was told that we appreciated her trying but she was done. She did feel better when she figured out that since she had paint on her clothes I didn't care if she wore he clothes into the pool. She had a blast playing in the water with her clothes on.
This is the gate that Brandon built. Someone, either previous residents or the people who fixed up the house to sell it, put up posts for a gate between the house and the garage but never actually put a gate up. So we have had to constantly tell the kids to not go on the driveway by the car. Brandon was tired of it so he built a gate, with a little help from his grandpa and the use of his grandpa's power tools. He is a much better gate builder then the person that put gates in the front fence. Brandon's swings open and everything. Now the kids are trapped, except for the fact that William can get the gate open so we have a rule that he has to ask before he opens it. Brandon figures that his week off was worth it because he finished his really big projects.
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Looks like Brandon did a great job at building that gate! Yeah for projects getting done!!!
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