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 With all the toys he has, the littlest one loves climbing chairs best  Devin in another of his hiding spots, one that is going away soon  Here's Jared at Impressions 5 Science Center in Lansing, up visiting for Cousin Ethan's birthday party  Ethan breaking into the gifts  Jared up giving Ethan his gift. Apparently Bakugan is the thing to get this year, as I think Ethan got fifty of them  Here's Daddy's latest project, can you guess what it is?  Well, it's cabinets, that's obvious  Some glued wood for what will be a couple corbels...  ...which will be used (as you can see here) to hold up an overhanging counter  Adding a finish kickplate strip to the bottom  Construction complete!  It's a brand new island for the kitchen  Now for the finishing, first the main unit  Then the doors and drawer fronts  Ok, time to split the unit for transport upstairs (it's heavy!)  There's the old island that is going away. It served its purpose, but I wanted something a bit more substantial  Woah daddy, you put a hole in Mama's floor!  Let's see what's down there  Jared helping feed some electrical wire through the hole for the outlet sockets in the island  Placed and secured to the floor  Side panel installed and the base is done  All set for Devin to drop tons of toys in and play around on  Ok, I like this Daddy (until Daddy installs baby catches, that is)  And here's the final touch, a solid granite countertop  That thing (the granite) was about 400lbs, which is nearly unbelievable to move around. It took 5 guys for us to get it out of the minivan, up the stairs and carefully put on top. That island ain't going anywhere  a final shot of the new island  Devin says fine, if you lock those doors off, I'll just play over here  Whee!  A couple boys relaxing after all that work  With Grandma and Grandpa Fairchild leaving for Florida, they will (again) miss Jared's birthday party. They made it up for him though by having an "almost" 5 birthday mini-party  Smiling at clothes, the boy is a better man than me, heh  Cousins Ethan and Samantha helping out with the gifts  Ooo, Matchbox cars, emergency vehicles too, cool  Back home, here's Daddy with the 2009 Thanksgiving bird  Here's the table all ready for food  Happy Thanksgiving!  And here we are visiting nearby Matthes Evergreen farm, on the hunt for a Christmas tree  Devin enjoying his backpack carrier. He was such a good baby all day long  Here's a pre-cut potential candidate, but we decided to pass and go cut a fresh one  Jared disappearing into the canaan firs field  We decided on a nice white pine - weaker branches, but really soft, long needles taking Devin into consideration  Here are the boys visiting with Santa for the first time this year  They also had pony rides, as you see Jared anxiously awaiting his turn  Ok, here we go  I want a pony now Daddy  Just like this one, good pony |
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