I'm 5 years old today!

I'm five years old already. I love playing with my cars and trucks and enjoy doing the bank game at school. I'm just starting to read and sound out words. I love playing soccer especially as a defender. And most importantly, I'm fully potty trained. "Tricked ya!!!" as I like to say. Maybe next year....

Stucco water damage

Our raised wall on the side of our house wasn't sealed properly. As a result, water would damage the stucco and cause it to peel off. The proper fix is to seal the block wall from the inside which unfortunately requires removing the dirt, brushing the wall, sealing the block with tar, and then filling it back again. That is some nice dirt, um I mean rocks.


You can see the rest of our wall and all the rocks. The white stuff on the wall is my attempt to stop the water from the other side which no matter how hard you try, won't work.


Here you can see the nice tar coating on the inside of the wall.

Weekend activities

Did another hike up Telegraph pass. Lauren usually doesn't want to pose for a photo and Cole does but it was the opposite this time around.


Cole is sweeping our grass. I don't think he'll ever get to experience jumping into a leaf pile like you do back East. I found jumping into a pile of leaves as a kid was highly over rated.