This week: Nature walk and a back door

Huh? I know. It's a weird week already.
Monday we were so not liking being trapped inside. It has finally cooled off here and we have been having the most perfect fall days- sunny, cool, slight breeze. Love it! So we headed outside for a nature walk. Not much nature in our neighborhood, I tell you. But Nick and Stella carried their little brown paper bags as if they were looking for gold. Then we went down the street to watch a cement truck pour concrete into a wheelbarrow. Woohoo. But Nick loved it. THEN, the man let Nick pull the lever to pour the concrete. Very cool. Then we headed home and colored our findings. (I just make this stuff up as I go along, okay. At least my kids don't care if it makes sense.) We spent almost the entire day outside.

Nick coloring:

Stella taste-testing:

Helping??


Tuesday: I finished installing a storm door to our patio (ok, Shawn did help, I had to let him. It was a heavy door and Shawn is tall.) We talked about getting one when we first moved into this house. And Sunday we bought two storm doors- one for the front and one for the back. The one for the front should be much easier b/c it is a pre-hung door. It is a really nice one. The back door is just a cheap door. I thought we should start with the back door in case we messed it up- no one would see it.
Attaching door to house:

Door hung up on one side:

Door and frame hung, glass and screen in door:

Oh, and no I didn't hang the door crooked. Promise. My house is crooked. Trust me. I measured and checked with the level like a hundred times. But, I am SO happy with how it turned out. I have never put up a door before, but it wasn't bad at all. No problems, really. Soon, we will have a really nice one on the front door!