Monday, February 8, 2010

Operation Tick Tock: Fire Extinguisher

Over the weekend we went to Costco and knocked one of the things off my Tick Tock list: buy a new fire extinguisher! The new extinguisher is quite a bit bigger than the one we previously had in our house, but it's Costco ... come on. (I was just surprised we didn't have to buy a palate of them.)

Next step, taking down the old one (that hadn't been serviced or paid-attention-to in years) and put up the new one. My trusty helper is a whiz with the stud finder.


Of course, I'm pretty sure he's a leftie and our cheap-o stud finder is tough for lefties to use, so he mostly just found the "studs" in his hands. What a cutie!

I was even able to find our ever-elusive level and was happy to find that the original marks I made were already level! After drilling the pilot holes, I got the screws in without a problem and the whole thing went up like a breeze. Bada bing, bada boom!

So if you're ever at our house and there is a fire, the extinguisher is in the front hallway closet. Please use it!


We also played a bit today. Little B was quite industrious with his blocks. Just look at that tower!


Then he found the remote control and was able to turn on the television, much to his delight.


He then tried to turn it off, with much less success. "Off."


And then for some reason he decided to stretch while working on turning the t.v. off.


We played "ride the horsey" ... yes, he enjoyed it a lot.


And then he fell asleep during lunch. Yup, lunch.


Apparently it was all too much excitement for the little man. I was able to clean him up, turn on the dishwasher, get him upstairs, change his diaper, and get him into bed without waking him up, so that worked out pretty nicely. I have no idea what made him so tired, but it was truly amazing how quickly he dozed off.

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