One of the projects that has been waiting for a while to be completed is to repair the siding on the house where we shortened two windows in our kitchen project.  It’s one of those things that hasn’t made it to the top of the list, simply because it’s not crucial to our daily life.  It looks ugly, but it doesn’t get in our way.  However, now that we’re getting ready to move out and sell our house, it obviously needs to be done.

Michael spent his free time last week getting things ready for the big project.  He needed to shop for supplies, tear off the old siding, and figure out how to fiddle with the old-house peculiarities we always run into.  Finally we were ready to start the big work early Friday morning.

We put in two days of hard work, with every member of the family contributing to the effort. I was amazed at how competent the older children were, with their abilities to measure accurately, use the miter saw, paint, etc.  And the younger kids did their part with holding boards that were being cut, fetching things they had run off with, and picking up messes.  It was so interesting to have a big team of us all working together.  For so long it’s been Michael and me as the work team with kids just getting in the way.  Now we’re a much bigger team that doesn’t always need Michael or me involved in every step.

There is a new album in my gallery if you’d like to see a few photos of our weekend.  We will rest today, Sunday, and then put in another day on the siding tomorrow, hopefully finishing it up the rest of the way.  I’m so eager to paint it!