Easter 2010

 Cars always bring a smile.

Temporary Tater Keeper

We live in "the house on the hill" which meant something had to be done to enable Tate to play on the driveway (one of the few flat parts of our yard) without careening down the hill, never to be seen again. After searching the internet for possible solutions, we settled on a temporary fence that you extend across your driveway to keep children from riding their bikes out into a street. The only problem, it costs more than we were willing to pay. So we took care of it the Hartley way...we made one!

We basically attached hard plastic garden fencing to 2 metal poles. Then David took PVC and put it into the ground on both sides of the driveway. When Tate is ready to play, unroll the fence, put the poles down in the PVC pipes and WAHLAH! you have a Tater keeper! Here's some pics so you can see for yourself.

Tate being an excellent helper.

In the hour we spent outside watching Daddy do this, Tate skinned up both knees.

And right after I took the above picture, he skinned his left one again, doubling the size of the scab. I know it's not even close to what this summer (or his entire childhood) has in store for us.

Oh yeah, and then after helping Daddy with the fence, Tate mowed the yard.