Old timer

Cole is really good about getting haircuts and has made the transition
to the barber so easily. I guess it helps they were showing Nemo.

Styling

That time of the year again. This time Lauren requested marshmallow
flavored fluoride.

Happy Chinese New Year

Happy Chinese New Year - Year of the Dragon. Just happened that Lauren was riding the dragon at the zoo today.


Cole enjoyed his carousel ride too.


After the zoo, we had some dim sum to celebrate the new year.


These are Cole's favorite. He could probably have eaten all of them.


Lauren is eating some shrimp on a sugar cane although this was about how much she ate of it.

Right way vs wrong way

I finally got around to replacing the door sweep on the front door. The previous owner had a plastic sweep on there that he probably bought from Home Depot. Since the door is larger than 36", he actually bought 2 of them and then cut one to fit. Needless to say this is not the correct way to install it. First, it should be all one piece and second, it should be metal and not plastic so it doesn't warp in the sun.


Here you can see the replacement sweep. I had to order this off the Internet since Home Depot doesn't carry metal ones larger than 36". This time it didn't take too long since I've had experience replacing them in the old house.

Rocketship

Despite the fact that this looks like a rocket ship, it is not a toy. It's a blower for cleaning dSLR sensors. It's very similar to those nose bulbs the hospitals give you for your newborn. You squeeze it and it blows out air. Our photos had 2 distinct spots on certain photos.


Here you can see the dust on the sensor. You can capture this by adjusting your aperture to 22 and taking a photo of a white background. The 2 large dust particles were causing our spots.


Here's the after picture with most of the spots gone. There are a few more but normally you'll never see those in photos.

Climber

Lauren loves to climb the rock wall at the YMCA. Cole unfortunately has to wait another 1.5 yrs till he can climb it.


Here Lauren is "repelling" down although it's more like getting lowered down.

Appliance repairman

If I ever have a problem with something I own, I just google it to find the solution. More often than not, someone has had the same problem and has already fixed it. Our washer was giving us some problems and googling it pointed me to check the drain motor filter.


Sure enough one of kid's socks slipped between the drum and the door and made its way down to the drain motor. I also found some loose change and seeds. The kids love collecting seeds.

All dressed up....

for the nutcracker.