The joys of domesticity

John spent a good portion of this weekend installing a new toilet and sink in our second bathroom - yee-ha!! It's just been an empty room (except for the bathtub) for a year, after John and his brother ripped out the tiles and drywall and completely replaced all the wallboard, so getting the toilet functional is really, really great. (Almost as exciting as our new fridge, which appeared last week!) The new bathroom sink isn't quite functional yet - there's some problem with the drainage; apparently the original builders didn't bother making sure the plumbing was installed with the correct grade, so John's bringing in the duct tape and chewing gum to retro-fix it. But that should be done fairly soon. Then we move on to putting grout between the shower tiles, and sometime in the next month or so we might have a second fully functional bathroom!!!

And this weekend we had some really great cheese and vegetable soup, with veggies straight out of the garden, and BLTs with the L and T freshly picked and washed. I have to admit that eating just-picked carrots, tomatoes, green beans, broccoli, zucchini, etc. is pretty addictive! I've rolled my eyes in the past at the amount of time and energy John's put into planning his garden, but I'm a convert.

Harry even likes helping to pick the beans and strawberries, and enjoys eating the green beans right off the vine! He likes them cooked, too, but it's just especially funny to see him running around with an 8" long bean in each hand, chewing away. :D Of course he flatly refused to eat any of the cheese soup... because he loves cheese, chicken soup, vegetables, and the bread bowl we served it in. Therefore, since he loves all the ingredients, he wasn't at all interested in eating it all together. ???

Harry's now fulltime in the potty-training room, which means that he's able to play in the bigger-kid playground and do activities that are more challenging for him. He's been having a bit of trouble napping, although he seems to be sleeping better, so it probably works out evenly... although we'd love it if he started napping better AND sleeping better! Actually, we'd love it if all of us started napping and sleeping better. It's on the agenda.