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Theo Learns to Ride His Bike and Scott Decides to Refinish the Kid's Rooms Floors

Mama breakfast on the porch.
No one else wants to eat on that tiny table, but she sure does love porch breakfasts.  

Meanwhile the kids and I had crepes. Nothing better.

Library day today.

That means I've got to find something to keep myself busy.

This weekend is our neighborhood rummage sales. There were two on our street so we took advantage and put a bunch of stuff we no longer wanted out front.

We were about to give away the old shark bike when we decided to have Theo try it.

I kept telling Brooke that it wasn't too small and was probably easier than our geared REI kids bike.

He was doing it, he was really riding a bike.

I'll take credit for this one.

Meadow found something with a cat on it at one of the sales.


The house across the street had the perfect table for our porch.

I might actually use this adult sized table.

We're going to be out here all the time now.

Not gonna lie. Pretty nice.  

Meadow taught herself to play the Totoro song on piano.

She also went back and got the other cat item.

She's quite quickly becoming a cat lady.

The kids and I went to the library and Menards.

When we got back Theo wanted to ride his bike again. He can make it all the way down the block.

He was cruising like a pro by the end of the weekend. The protected bike lanes in front of our house are so perfect for teaching a kiddo to bike.

I'm so glad he loves it.

Yay, Theo! Now let's see if he'll listen to us when we go on bike rides.

The kids and I planted our gardens. It's finally warm enough to plant.


I've finally had some good weather to start priming the south side of the house.

When I was putting Theo's room back together I thought, we really should have refinished the floors. It's not even that big of a space we could have done it by hand.

Well, rain was in the forecast the rest of the week.

Meadow's room was ready to be put back together and the thought of refinishing the floors came up again.

They weren't ever going to be this empty again, so I started to research what I needed.

Meadow's new bed isn't exactly easy to take apart so we figured we could do it now or wait until she moves out. 

I was all set to rent a drum sander at the local Ace, but they pointed out that the carpet adhesive residue would destroy the sand paper and the machine. So, first I had to clean that up.

I bought special adhesive remover, but ended up just going with hot soapy water.


And I was finally set to sand.

A few passes in with the old school floor sander.

They were already looking much better.

People always complain about the belt sanders, but this edger was freaking nuts. Do not let go!

And just like that the floors were almost ready to be finished.

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