The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Wednesday was an exciting day for Shea. We went to the London Public Library for a special summer story time. Mary Anne (the director of the children's program) had ordered Caterpillar. They read books about bugs and did a song where they used streamers in each hand to represent that they were flying like a butterfly. Then it was time for the fun part! The kids each got to take a small container, put food in it and smash it down and then add the caterpillar. Which at that time was the size of a fingernail. Shea did two of these and just thought it was "too cool". Over the next three weeks we get to go back to the library and observe the progress of the caterpillar. Shea is very excited about this process.

Wednesday evening we helped Shawn start framing an area on the shed where we are going to put the new window in. For those who don't know, our shed was in serious need of repair! It was sinking in the ground, the osb was rotten in lots of spots, it needs a new roof, new doors...you get the point! Since the size of our shed is now not something the lake would let a home-owner build we opted to not tear it down. You don't need a permit to "fix" an existing structure. The loop whole works well for this type of thing. Shawn has jacked it up and put supportive structures underneath the shed, reinforced the existing floor and replaced all the OSB on the outside of the building. Shea and I liked helping to hold that in place while Shawn nailed it down. We decided to move the window from one side to another. SOMEONE, we can't find out who, called the lake office and said we were building a big shed on the property line. We received a bright orange stop work order. I spent a couple of days explaining to the lake mgr and the building code enforcer that the shed was built originally in the early 1990's AND we own part of the woods. I finally got that accomplished and we're back to work. They shouldn't mess with a pregnant lady!!