Have a boat that just might float

Nick has been on a boat quest for quite some time now.  His research had led him most recently to deciding that perhaps he could build his own plywood boat.  There were a few in process projects being sold off on Craigslist but nothing quite right.  And then he found this beauty!  He will have to come back and correct all these details, but it is a 15 foot plywood boat complete with a tilt trailer and goes great with a motor he was given.

There was no "proper" before shot taken but here you can get the idea.  Nick has already gutted it and is in the process of removing all the old paint.  The plan is then to replace any rotten pieces, epoxy the hull, repaint it and of course deck it out with new seating, storage and wooden accents.  I am sure it will be amazing!  Stay tuned.

Gunnar thinks we should name it Iron, short for Iron Man.  Imagine that!

TMNT

We frequent a resale shop in Boring called Upscale Resale and the owner there is just impossibly nice!  We went there last weekend as Pip Pip has outgrown all her 6 month jammies (aka all she ever wears) and of course Gunnar just had to find something he couldn't live without.  I really do (Nick, stop shaking your head) try to not give him everything he wants all the time so I was explaining we only came for clothes for Piper today etc etc when the shop owner offered to let him have one thing for being such a good boy.  Oh geez!  Well, the object of his affection was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle sleeping bag.  He loves it of course!  Nick got some really funny pics of him snuggled in it:

He keeps mentioning that he is ready to go camping now that he has this sleeping bag which is so funny as it reminds of a memory from my childhood.  We took a family trip to Colorado and did some camping.  I too was prepared with my purple and pink Thumbelina sleeping bag.  Well you can imagine how cold it got during that mountain night!  Sure enough, by morning I was in the big sleeping bag all nice and warm with mom while dad shivered under his Thumbelina sleeping bag!  I am pretty sure we only camped that one night.

Piper Five Months

I can't believe baby girl is heading full force to being half a year old.  Seems impossible!  I cannot express what a great baby she is and how fun it is to watch her grow.  She loves her big brother so much and cannot wait to give him a run for his money.  Or more likely his food!  She has a pretty good grasp on sitting up these days and has sampled a few foods as we gear up to start solids in a couple weeks.

Here is Gunnar helping us out with FIVE when she hit 5 months:

Christmas Catch Up

By my lack of posts I am sure you can imagine how quickly time is flying around here!  We are definitely full swing into life with two.  Double the...trouble?!

Christmas was wonderful!  The kids were super spoiled of course and it was really special that Nick's dad was able to take a brief leave from NYC to rejoin the family as well.  Nick's brother even made it down from Seattle for a few days to extra spoil everyone!