Evy Da Builder

( This picture was taken at Home Depot trip #2, camera sitting on top of sponge rocks as a tripod)

There isnt much space in Hawaii to have your own full blown garden, unless you have a lot to yourself and space on the lot to plant. Most lots in Hawaii have 2 or even 3 homes on them which means a lot of peeps in and a lot of peeps out, but some do manage to have their own space. My in-laws live in Honolulu and its a busy place, not really a place for "space" of your own as there are lots of buildings and people build houses sometimes on lots wedged in between two other houses, its very odd, but I assume its like trying to find a place to park in a crowded space, if you can parallel park and barely fit in without hitting car A and B then you are good to go. Anyhoo, after talking to his Mom one day, Ev came away with the idea to build a square foot garden for his Mom. She has a perfect space on her porch where it will do great. We had previously made a Home Depot run and bought all the supplies, but when we went to build it that night the guy cut them off and we weren't able to build it that night. So after three weeks where we finally had some time we went back to Home Depot and got the wood all figured out. We decided to take it back to our house and Ev would build it there. So last Sunday morning, Ev said he was "doing service" for his mom so it was okay to build this on Sunday =) He took everything outside and I thought the drill was going to be super loud, but it wasn't any louder than my vacuum. Ev did a good job. He didnt take very long yet his building skills were saweet. I got to help too, mostly because the bottom board had to be pushed out so that it lined up with the other boards and I wasnt strong enough to push it out. There is always a great feeling of accomplishment when you complete a project. We tend to sit and criticize what is wrong with it and then take pride that we actually built something and its stable, looks good and will function as its suppose to. I think my mo-in-law Lolly will love it. Ev loves his Mum and would do anything for her this is just something fun that he took an interest in and decided to follow through. Now that I have my own personal builder, I have already thought of a few things that when we get more settled somewhere more long term he can build for me. While Ev was building this box, our neighbors little boy Uli, who had learned how to walk recently, was all over checking out the new things he hasnt seen or played with before. He decided he wanted to see what we were doing and of course he needed to touch everything. He thought everything Evan was doing was neato and that the screws were for eating..j/k we didnt let him eat a screw.He also thought Ev was building him a bed or possibly a box to play in or maybe a sand box..whatever he was thinking he and his saggy diaper were enjoying the newly built square foot garden. Great job Ev!

Ev "the builder" and Uli his "sidekick"

He is such a sweet little boi