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My little mechanic

Sent from my iPhone I replaced the batteries in Tom's tractor, which prompted about 15 minutes of playing mechanic. I hope this video loads okay...

Saturday Morning

As for many of you, life is just really busy right now.  Work is nuts, and I'm working late each night on the basement remodel.  I don't have any good pictures right now, but have installed and tested the gas lines (also one for the upstairs fireplace), added can-lights and moved switches, replaced damaged framing, and reinsulated.  Brandon helped me hang some drywall tonight, and I hope to mud, tape & sand all weekend.  I should have everything painted and cleaned up for Thanksgiving and my folks, but the fireplace likely won't be complete.

Last Saturday we woke up to a fresh blanket of 2-3 inches of snow, which was really Tommy's first.  Here are some great pictures of the best part of my life.

So sweet.

Pancakes are still his favorite breakfast, typically with bananas on the side.

Tommy prefers to stuff his mouth to overflowing, before he starts to chew.

Fortunately he missed what he seemed to be aiming for with that hammer.

Tommy can make it up a couple rungs before dad chickens out.

Happy Halloween

Tommy the Puppy for Halloween, with Grandma the disabled... also for Halloween?

I played the bridge troll at Pat's house.  The stream in front of his house doesn't run in the winter.  I had so much fun scaring the crud out of people I might have to repeat on a grander scale next year.

Yes, I scared my own kid a little bit, but he calmed right down when he saw it was just his dad.

Trick-or-treating with Uncle B.

Tommy prefers to be in the middle of things

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Chimney sweep

Tommy enjoyed watching our (bizarre) chimney sweep last night. Of course, he had to try his hand at cleaning too so grabbed a curtain rod and gave it a go. It's not a great photo (please forgive us aunt wizzy), but I had to post.