A proud Pappy

Since Jason and Scott came to visit us while Barb and Tom were here, we had a great opportunity to get a photo of Proud Pappy with all his grandsons: Jason, Noah, Lukas and Scott.

Family in town

On Sunday night we hosted part of the family for dinner. We of course had to take the obligatory sitting down to dinner photo.

The first step

Bob got back home and had barely put his suitcases down before the boys tasked him with their newest and grandest project - a large scale tree house for the back yard. Fortunately, Barb and Tom came to town and with them a rental minivan making it a bit easier to go to Home Depot and purchase all that is needed for Phase 1.
This has been an active project for a while. First the boys had to draw up the plans, and after a first review by Building Inspector and Permit Provider Bob, they refined the plans. Next they spent countless hours at Home Depot calculating the cost of materials and comparison shopping to minimize the expenses. Most of this work was done while Bob was gone, so needless to say Lukas and Noah were really ready to get to work... all that planning is hard, not so much fun and tedious.
So far there are four posts in the ground, dug down deep for structural support. Stay tune for updates and expected Grand Opening Date!

Chef Lukas

Lukas created his very own pizza and was mighty proud of his combination - tomato sauce, ham, cheese, pesto sauce, and Parmesan cheese.
"It tasted great, Mom! and judging by his empty plate I think he was right.

Future Business Leaders???

Lukas and Noah wanted to get the new room set up and began to furnish it even before Bob got back home. Lukas, always concern about safety, donned his safety goggles and the two of them set out to build the new desk.
Once finished they were ready for work.....

Green art

A large piece of Styrofoam that came with one of the many construction deliveries has taken up residence in the garage. For a while it was a storage container for unusual rocks, then it became a holder for nails, drill bits and other small items. This past week it finally found its purpose - it became art. Lukas and Noah fashioned all kinds of interesting sculptures using Styrofoam and toothpicks.
The bottom one is a man hang gliding, which any discerning art connoisseur clearly see without this editorial comment.
These are all being proudly displayed at the Noah gallery, first exhibit on the right at the family museum, also known as our little house.

Our very own king

Noah and Lukas are really enjoying the remodeled room, especially now that there are no furniture in it. Perfect for Lego war, silly dancing to Peanuts Theme Song and the most recent escapade - the place for a royal ride.
Noah tucked one of the two Swedish flag towels in his waist band as train and plopped himself down on a towel that his much bigger brother pulled around the room. He was doing royal waving and generally embracing the role of king... I guess we better teach him that the US is a republic, so his only chance of royalty is by marriage, however even a royal matrimony would probably not render him the title king, but maybe prince????
I wonder where this idea comes from, reading too many Swedish People magazines maybe when we visited this summer....