Saturday, April 14, 2012

DIY Compost Bin and Grandpa

We have been composting lately and wanted to make an actual bin. Have you seen the prices of those?? ($60 - $100+) Wow, they are expensive. We came across a $6.99 version the other day and decided to try it. My dad was here this weekend and so we decided to take him for a drive in our new van. We don't take drives, just to take drives, so we needed a destination. Off to the local home improvement store... We bought a garbage bin and spent about 10 minutes drilling holes in it (I got to use the drill, I've never used a drill before!), and 10 minutes putting the first layers in and we had ourselves a bin! And it doesn't look too bad from our window. Kj has already claimed the job of filling it, although she'll need some help, I think. And it will be the girls' job to roll it around every week or so. And there solves the problem of what to put in the backyard for the girls to do for fun this summer...haha.

We've also enjoyed some quality "Grandpa-time" this weekend. He came on his own because my mom is out of the country and we enjoyed his company. Here, he built a tower with Kj and below he's helping L take "big steps" across the rocks while Kevin practiced some softball pitching/hitting.

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