The Great Zen Daddy Helper

Enough words cannot be said about how awesome Zen was the week or so he got to be home for Sammy's birth. He helped switch the two bedrooms upstairs (a major undertaking we'd been talking about for months) so Gil could finally be in a room by himself, took care of kids while I was in the hospital (he did get sick of being the chauffeur, though), cleaned our bathroom, kept the house picked up, and did a LOT of laundry.

My brain was out to lunch this day, or I would have taken "before" and "after" pics, but on Friday, 2 April, we all pitched in and switched the two upstairs bedrooms. In the big room had been Gil and Connor, and in the small room had been Emma and all the toys. Here is Zen, taking apart the bunk bed in Gil and Connor's room, in preparation for moving it into Emma's room. First, we moved everything in Emma's room out into the tv room, then moved Gil's bunkbed into Emma's room, and then moved everything from the tv room into the big bedroom, which is now Connor and Emma's room. A friend in the ward had coincidentally the week before given us a twin bed she was no longer using. Count your blessings! The frame is pink, but we are not complaining. Maybe we will paint it this summer. Now, there is less tension at bedtime, because Gil can lollygag like a teenager and stay up later without keeping up Connor, while Connor and Emma can now go to bed at the same time and sleep in the same room, which Connor often begged for, anyway. Kismet!

I wish I'd gotten pictures of Zen folding laundry, but we'll have to settle for a picture of a clean laundry room. Okay, it's not spotless, but if you had any idea of how it usually looks, you could more fully appreciate how industrious Zen was.

Here's one of Zen just this past Saturday, helping Mac and Connor get some lunch. Go Mr. Mom!!

I LOVE YOU SWEETIE!!!!!!