Carol's first snow man. Right now she LOVE'S the Frosty the Snowman song/book.
Carol's new bed. The Finding Nemo sheets were necessary to get her to like the new bed enough to not be sad the old crib was disappearing.
Making biscuits for Mommy. Note the recipe specifically says to put the butter into the flour and use your hands to cut it in. Also, just for the record, we both washed our hands before doing so ;)
Makin' Cookies with Daddy
The first party
The second party. "I love you, Mommy"
Carol's Turkey goes to time-out (in the napkin holder)
Playing with her new doctor toys.
Jon & Alex's present
Laurie's new purse. No, she didn't buy it--she MADE it
Same purse, unsnapped
We have been called to repentance and so shall post some Halloween pictures of Carol. She was a black cat. I also took some pictures of her in her church clothes with her hair actually combed. It's tough keeping an almost two-year old looking tidy. Usually on Sundays Dave showers while I get Carol ready. Then I shower and Dave tries to keep her from messing up her hair. I suppose we should switch things around. She is sure to get a hold of a doll brush or something and decide to touch things up. Most often she looks like a poor, neglected ragamuffin.
Above: Daddy and Carol gut a pumpkin. Daddy discovered that a melon-baller works MUCH better than a spoon. Carol and Daddy both attempt to be clean by using latex gloves while doing the dirty work.
PS from David... hey, K & G--nice pumpkin! Check out http://www.zombiepumpkins.com/ for other character pumpkins.
Cousin party!
Boys Club
My favorite picture of Jonathan and Jackson.
Grandma torture! Jackson's first bath.
Waiting for samples
Ivy and her friend Annie
Alright you family members you. It's someone elses turn to post!
Now she could turn the lights on and off with the flick of a switch. Cool, huh? There was just one problem. I knew I could do better. Lowes was calling my name to come get a door handle instead of a ceiling hook. I was annoyed that the cardboard door kept opening and I decided to put magnets on the door to keep it closed, but make it easy for little hands to open. Someone at church gave me the idea to put a doorbell on, and so I visited Radio Shack for a little buzzer (that's the red button in the upper left). I added some support braces to keep the house sturdy. 
Most of all, I decided that if one light switch was good, then 3 was better. So far, the lights were all blue (there were 4 in the top of the box). I figured if I added 4 reds and 4 greens, then the light in the box could resemble white light if they were all on, but I wanted to be able to turn each color on and off independently. 
This called for more wire! I didn't want to use 3 batteries, so I figured out how to wire all the switches to use 1 battery but still be independent of each other. 
Not that big of a deal and certainly not the first time anyone has done it like that (in fact I'd say electricians do it several times a day), but I thought I was clever to do it on my own none the less. There! Now all the groups of lights (grouped by color) could be turned on and off independently. I still have more LED colors (orange, yellow, UV (i.e. blacklight), white...) and I was considering putting them in, too, but I started thinking--I don't want a cardboard box sitting around my house forever and the more time I put into this, the harder it will be to get rid of it later. So I think I'm done now. I'll have to save the other enhancements for when I have a real house. By then maybe I'll move away from cardboard on make a cool tree house, instead....
