Thanks, Poppa

We had a wonderful extended visit from Poppa last week. He and Nana drove up Labor Day weekend and Poppa stayed the entire week. He said he wanted to come up and help us with some projects around the house so we made a list that would keep him here until Christmas. Even though he did have to go home a week later, he accomplished lots in a short amount of time...

...installed a new light/fan in my craft room (i.e. sweat shop). Last year we had some rain come through the ceiling and the fan hasn't worked since.

...insulated and enclosed the crawl space under the addition to our house. The addition has a ton of windows and very little insulation so all of our heating/cooling efforts are lost. Also, a neighborhood possum had been carrying some dirty Carter diapers under the addition...gross! So, now the crawl space has new insulation and is enclosed to keep those critters and diapers away.

...replaced our shower head (whose pressure had been dwindling for some time)

...miraculously made all of our gates much easier to open and close

...installed a new light/fan in our bedroom. This change was more cosmetic that functional, but I love the new look!



...introduced Carter to the joys of wandering down the many aisles of Lowes.

...babysat for Carter so Adam and I could go on a date. We went to a really cool new restaurant right on the river. The food was decent and the atmosphere swanky but casual - is that possible?

...taught Carter all kinds of new animal noises. They read the Brown Bear Brown Bear book well over 100 times I am sure and Carter can now make cow, horse, elephant, dog, sheep, cat, and Poppa noises. Yes, Poppa noises. Occasionally when Poppa and Carter would be exploring together, Poppa would say "mmmmmm" a lot. Eventually Carter would mimic him and say "mmmmmm." By the end of the week, if you asked Carter "what does Poppa say?" he would reply, "mmmmmm."



...oh, and he brought Adam's kayak up on the truck. Apparently you can put a kayak in the James near downtown, so I have a feeling Adam might start heading to the river some days after work.

We enjoyed watching some good football, eating some good meals off of the grill, and just hanging out. It was a fun week and we were sad to see him go. Thanks for all of the projects you took on Poppa and thanks to Poppa and Nana for coming to visit!