I love my Handy-Man!

Kyle has become a terrific monkey. If you walk into our house while he's awake, you will see all the chairs around the table turned on their sides in an effort to avoid Kyle from taking a walk on the table. He loves getting into anything that's available to him. Jared has drilled child-proof locks into each of our kitchen drawers and cupboards that Kyle can reach. If we forget to lock the dishwasher, Kyle will remind us:




















Despite our efforts, Kyle quickly figured out that, when all else fails, the oven will open. (This oven has NO locks!) He has climbed in, dishwasher style, to enjoy his new seat on the oven door. It was such a horrible thought to me that I couldn't bring myself to take a picture! After Jared did some thinking, (it was really cute of Jared because, as I was busy doing something in the kitchen, I noticed him come back and forth from the kitchen to, I don't know, maybe the back room where his tools are? I could almost hear the wheels turning with a soon to be solution for this scary habit Kyle has developed....

And voila! Look at this brilliance! It's a chopstick tucked behind the oven with rope tied to itself and the door! When I need to use the oven, I simply untuck the chopstick! And NO MORE scary explorations for Kyle!

I am so glad I have such an awesome, smart handy man with me.... forever!

Happy Haircut

Cutting hair has not been on the list of favorite things to do for the boys. I try to make it fun by letting them pick out a movie to watch to keep their head still while I'm snipping away. But even then it was hard for them to ignore the loud buzzing of the shears and hair itching their neck. Especially for Lance. Last week, I tried something new with him. For months, when styling his hair, he has asked me to do it like Uncle Johnny's (spiked with gel). So I asked him if he wanted his hair to be cut like Uncle Johnny's, and of course he did. I was amazed as I sheared and snipped away. He actually sat still, with no movie to watch. He was focusing hard on having his hair just like his Uncle Johnny's. I was able to take time to make it a nice cut without having to rush it. It was a happy haircut for me and for him. Thanks, Uncle Johnny!

My brother, Johnny's spikes

"It's like Uncle Johnny's!"