It’s been a decade since we renovated the upstairs bathroom and clearly it’s starting to show its age after I noticed the shower door was having some issues.
Turns out that the larger pane of glass is held at the bottom by this metal clamp. Unfortunately the screw holding the clamp in place in to the tile had completely rusted and sheared off.
Luckily it wasn’t too hard to disassemble. I did some research and found out that stainless steel screws are the way to go if you don’t want anything to rust. I have no idea if we did use a stainless steel screw in the past. I suppose I can’t complain after a decade of use!
Perhaps it’s also a good time to redo some silicone around the shower. It could use some love.
Sierra and Ezra practicing some snowboarding while being towed to school
My morning routine consists of the utter insanity which is trying to get two kids ready to leave the house in time for school and daycare. It’s a constant “Please get dressed. No really, please get dressed. Stop looking in the mirror and wiping plaque off of your teeth with your finger, that’s what a toothbrush is for. Ok fine, it’s ok to take plaque off with your finger but only after you’ve finished getting ready for school.”
Once we get out the door it’s an assessment of the road conditions. Most days I’m bringing the stroller in tow. But if there is a dump of snow then I’ll be bringing the deep sled (named Sybil’s Sled as she sent some money a few years ago for Christmas and that’s what we purchased).
Another dump of snow means another trek in the giant sled!
Then some days I miscalculate and while I think there’s enough snow on our road, there sure isn’t enough when I get closer to the school. This results in everyone being miserable…I don’t like dragging a piece of plastic over asphalt. The kids have to get out and walk. Actually, Sierra has to get up and walk, I still have to drag Ezra over asphalt to get to daycare because it would take him awhile. I never realized how hard it was to decide what mode of transportation to take!
Vero has been mentioning that next year will be different and Ezra will be old enough to walk most of the way on his own so I can foresee a future without any stroller in tow! Which saddens me a little because the kids sure love riding on that stroller together.
Ezra is pretty tall as he can finally touch the gate!
In other news, I came home from work (alright, alright, I emerged from the basement and went upstairs) and Ezra was trying to build a board game so I helped him with that.
The game is currently called Set Racer for reasons unknown to me. We even made a homemade die to roll.
Goal of the game: To get to the end first. There are six squares from Start to the End.
Rules of the game:
Youngest player rolls first
You advance/reverse your statue depending on what you roll. There are the possibilities of rolling a 1, -1 and a 2.
If you are the first player to land on a square with a small square in it, you get the bead! The bead moves to your small square and you get to advance an extra space. Ezra really really really wanted a bead to be part of the game so that’s how we figured it should be incorporated.
The bead just sits there. You can only win it once and you can’t lose it.
First person to get to END wins the game! So far Ezra has been winning quite a bit against me and he is very excited when he get yell “I AM FINISHED!!!”
