Hardiplankin':

Here are a couple of pictures of my dad working on the chimney side of the house. The work is slow, but we've had positive comments from the neighbors and the guy from Walton Emc who came by to reattach the electrical drop to the chimney. Since my dad had a dentist appt. today Michael took the day off to work on the house. We were able to get down the masonite up to the attic and Tyvek the 2nd floor front of the house where the kids' rooms face. We were able to place about 3 more rows of Hardiplank, then Michael needed to stop because he was dizzy from fluid in his ears from a new round of colds.
I caulked most of the chimney, but stopped off and on to help Michael. I also stopped to help Aaron with Math, Science and he really wanted to me to see the film produced by the DNR in Georgia about the black bear and how we can protect them by not feeding them and maintaining garbage free areas. Mostly we just thought the bears were adorable. I also had to stop for Eve's collision with the ground. I'm not sure what she was doing, but her knee was bleeding. I climbed down from the scaffold and grabbed her into a big hug and dabbed the knee with a wet paper towel. Then, a dab of Pain Relief Antibiotic cream and a big knee bandaid...and a kiss. Later, she hurt the other knee, but big brother Aaron came to the rescue and now Eve has matching knee bandaids.

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Aaron is going to be an archer from the Medieval Times.
Noah is going to be Spongebob's best friend, Patrick.
Eve will be Tinkerbell (Which isn't a far cry from normal).
Rachel is supposed to be a Rag doll.