Welders were out today to get started on the davit install. They basically came out, lined them up, tac welded them to the mounting plates, and took them back off to the shop to finish up properly. Back in a couple of days to install those and fit the two reinforcement bars. Hopefully a couple days after that this project will be in the books.

Lowe got himself a play station stand-up toy thing-a-ma-bob the other day. He’s digging it. The house continues to be overrun by brightly colored MADE IN CHINA toys. The nice thing about kids is that most of this stuff only needs to last a couple of months while they grow through a stage, and after that it takes nothing more than setting it outside in the parking lot for it to be picked up by some other parent for reuse.

Lowe seriously loves Ouest. The other day she was running circles around the room paying no attention to him whatsoever but he just laughed and laughed every single time she passed by him in a whirl. And if we set him anywhere near her he immediately tries to get to her. Sometimes she’s cool with that, other times she just up and leaves. Today she was incredibly patient as he climbed all over her while she continued in vain to try and read her book.