Koben and Nolan Parry

I told Koben that he had better start “pitching in” at home. Apparently, he thinks that the dirty clothes clean themselves and the shelves miraculously get clean. Therefore, we started a new program at home. Every week, we teach Koben a new chore. He is almost one year old now and needs to accept some responsibility.

 

 

 

 

 

So far, Koben has helped mom with the laundry (mainly by taking the folded clean clothes from the clothes basket and placing them back into the dryer). Tonight, we started him on dusting. He was more interested in dusting his mother than dusting the end tables and shelves, but we can work on it. I think that Koben knows that his birthday is coming up soon, so he had better start kissing up to mom and dad if he wants great presents.

 

Koben really likes his Puff’n Corn. As you can see here, mom has caught him in the act of trying to eat the entire bag.

 

 

 

 

Dawn continued her hard work to complete Koben’s room. She put the finishing touches on it this weekend, and it is now complete (except for installing his new windows, which is my job for next weekend). I think Dawn did a remarkable job. Koben thanks you very much, mom.
Click here to see pictures of Koben’s completed room.

Here is Koben’s new kitty “Zazoo.” This should be a good playmate for Koben. So far, they have a lot in common, they both like to put everything in their mouth and I can get them really wound up. I think Dawn is going to spend tonight sleeping on the kitchen floor with Zazoo, so that he doesn’t feel alone. He is used to sleeping in a barn with other cats and horses too.

This weekend, Dawn started painting Koben’s train mural. It is a lot more work than she thought it would be. I am very glad that I didn’t volunteer for this project. She is doing an outstanding job painting it even though she has absolutely no painting experience. So far, it looks fantastic. I cannot wait for it to be complete. Hopefully, she will be able to complete it next weekend.

Here are a couple of pictures of the “work-in-progress” that is Koben’s room. Most of the painting has been completed and next weekend Dawn is planning on having the room 100% complete.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dawn is painting Koben’s bedroom. She is undertaking this entire project alone, and I have only contributed to her project by purchasing the painting supplies. Dawn started working bright and early this morning and is still going strong at almost 2 o’clock this afternoon.

Dawn has also ordered a mural for one of Koben’s walls. It is huge, 10 feet wide by however tall we wish to make it. That should complete the “coolest bedroom in Franklin.”

Dawn and Koben earned the money for this project by babysitting three (sometime four) kids every week. I am very proud of both of them. I will post a picture of the finished product when it is ready for public viewing.