When you build a 'ship' in the basement, make sure you can get it out.

At the top of the stairs and ...

no way will it fit.

So out the back of the house via the patio door, up,
around the side of the house to the front yard and
in the through the front door.  Upstairs to the bedroom,
take a door off its hinges, to finally arrive.

Take the workshop scraps, design, cut, paint, and decorate and a DORA bed appears.

Well, there were quite a few steps before this assembly, lots of

drawing, erasing, and figuring.

Wayne went to Lowe's with a ribbon color

sample to select the perfect pink.  He's a good Grandpa!

Next, Mor Mor will decorate and add bedding.

A craft project is fun to do when it is a cold and snowy day.

First, I helped Mor Mor sew the pink bow on the front.

Then, I sewed two bear shapes together using

yarn and a special, pink bendy-needle.

I found stuffing my bear to be so easy that I could even

watch Dora on TV while working.

Every once and awhile I had to check my progress.

I am quite pleased with the finished product.  Although, later in the

day, I just 'had' to remove the eyes I had previously glued.

This was fun to do many, many times.

Eventually, Mor Mor sewed yarn eyes, which seems to last longer.

I can jump on the couch with my new teddy bear. The next day,

Mommy told Mor Mor that during the car ride home to Daddy,

 my new teddy bear likes to stay on my head.

Rip out that carpet and install the hardwood!

O.K. the carpet is gone and now starts the figuring and math and

measuring, again and again.  A lot of time is needed to do this.

If Wayne stares long enough at the steps, they will speak to him.

No job is complete without POWER TOOLS.

Getting there

This WILL fit.

Looking good, dry run before the very, very,  permanent adhesive.

Does this look good or what?  More to come...

Baking a cake is so easy.

This cake is ready. Let me tell you how to bake your own cake.

First, your Mor Mor has to crack some eggs into the bowl.

Catching them is fun to do but, then you have to get cleaned up.

(I speak from experience.)

Slowly add some oil.
Stirring is next.

The double handed method is even better.

Scoop and Pour, it's a technique to master.

And now you have to wait, but watching is also fun.

See how easy it is to bake a cake!

Feeding the birds is fun.

Everyone always tells me to smile while

I am doing serious work.

O.K., I am smiling.

Here, birds, come get your seeds.

Here they come.

When it's cold and the ice is eight inches thick, this is what you can do.