#56 - Shopping, furniture construction, and a carnival - July 28, 2012

Slept as long as I could. Had to get up. Too much to get done.


I puttered around the house for a while, doing dishes, etc, and finally got a chance to hop in the shower. In the bedroom, I noticed Christian and Libby playing in the back yard. It was some kind of fight thing – whether it was Harry Potter, Star Wars or something else, it was still cobs and robbers.

Aria and I took off at 9:30 to do our shopping. We hit Ocean State Job Lot first, then got the mail, then Sam’s Club, where I spent too much, but ended up with a good bed for Jake and some other things. Then to the Christmas Tree Store and Target to look for things for Aria’s room. She has a red rug, and her room is nearly complete as far as furniture goes.

By the time we got home, the carpet guy was about done. He put down the entire carpet in the Lego room, did Libby’s room, and prepped the living room for carpet on Monday. He did the stairs, too.

I spend the evening putting Jake’s bed together and then Libby’s. He has chosen the top bunk to sleep in. Katrina went out to get the final things she needed for putting epoxy on the craft room floor, and when she got back, we put the top bunk on top of the bottom bunk, and I hooked up the ladder. Jake has a bed. So does Libby. Both beds have a couple thing left to complete them – I have a couple screws on Jake’s bottom bunk to tighten, and Libby’s trundle needs finished, but they’re perfectly usable.

Jake is happy as a clam. He feels like he has finally become a big kid. Libby is still sleeping in Aria’s room, and they are very comfortable together. They will sit and talk and giggle for an hour after the lights go off.

While I was building beds, Christian built a carnival – there was a dunk tank (a stool, and a piece of Styrofoam from the microwave box with a hole in the middle and something they were throwing). He grabbed a stepladder, some 2 x 6s, and some cardboard and made a slide. And then he designed his own ride. You set Jake’s bunkbed box on end, and stand inside. You pad it with blankets front and close it up. “Like you’re in a coffin,” he said. Then someone pushes you over onto his airbed. “And it’s totally safe because it’s padded!” That’s my son. All 10 years of him.

Katrina and I finished the night together.  She got everything she needed to finish the epoxy, and after she had mixed it, we worked on applying it together.  When it dries, the floor is going to be sparkly, smooth, and beautiful.  The smell is atrocious - we left every door open that we could.  But it should be dry by morning.