mommy's on a movie!

Well the prep has begun and I am officially working on a movie. Task 1 was getting our production office setup and on that I spearheaded the design/instal/assembly of our office kitchen. My boss had the rest of the staff give me a round of applause today for all the work I had done to make it look legit. I brought all manner of stuff from home that we could spare to make it look liveable and what do you know that dumb hobby of interior decorating has paid off.

Learning a lot so far and I am enjoying all of my co-workers and very excited and happy and thankful and a lot of positive things. But please keep praying for us! I need all I can get.

operation play pen

So... about (what?!) two years ago I wrote out a plan for what I imagined our backyard designated play area would be. And then something happened that delayed us, what was it... oh yeah ANOTHER BABY. Anyway, that baby is one, we got a tax refund and... we done it! Or it'll be totally done after tomorrow when we build and install a gate.

About a year ago I wanna say Alexa and Eric had put up a temporary fence to keep the dogs out and that was pretty effective. We got a few outdoor toy additions and we had a so/so setup. The floor was rubber mulch but Wally couldn't really crawl on it. We'd decided to do the fake turf and I got one quote.

We mentioned that we wanted to build a fence and they said to do it before they come in and install the turf so the posts don't have to be in the way of the turf. On Monday, Matt's dad Dan came by and helped us get it going. While Matt and I went to Lowe's, we called the turf guy and scheduled them for the next day. Dan dug the holes for all the posts and moved things out of the way and then was just waiting for us on a trip that took way too long. Matt had to leave for a meeting and we were running out of daylight but at least the posts and the bottom frames were up and level.

Before Dan left we tried to make two full sections to kinda trouble shoot and see if we liked it. Yes.

The next day around 7:30 the turf guys arrived and began the work. 

By around 12, they were done. Could we have done it ourselves? Maybe. But this was a case of time is money and they had all the tools and material and it is warrantied for 18 years!

Ta-da! Green! Perfect "grass" that we never have to mow or do anything to except blow leaves off!

An EvY for scale. Is it hot in the sun? Mmm so so. I would say make sure to wear shoes while it's hot but we put up an umbrella and under some shade, it was really nice to the touch.

I really wanted to finish as much as I could so while Matt put Wally down for a nap and did some stuff in the house, Alice became my little helper!

I have never seen her so dedicated. She held that little box of screws with all her focus and handed them to me when I asked and brought me the hammer and seriously, it killed me.

She had been running around all day like crazy but she really wanted to help so she would sit and wait for her moment. I love that she was part of helping us build a fence for her play area.

And speaking of play... what it's all about.

He doesn't just sit here, he climbs it, stands on it. Boys are crazy.

Well it only took two years but now we are one day away from this puppy being completed. 

But for now, it is no longer the corner of shame for our backyard. In fact, it's pretty fantastic.