A Giraffe, a Horse, a Lion and a Sun. A Rich History. December 29, 2014

A changing table was made by Carl and Mae for Sharon. A generation later they made this changing table modeled after Sharon's for my baby, Eric. Now Eric and Angela will use it for their baby who is due in April.

Here is a picture of the changing table that Dad made for Eric when he was born. It has pictures that I drew when I was seven years of age carved into the wood. Sharon was a tiny baby and they needed a changing table. But Mom and Dad wanted it to be personalized.  So they asked me to draw something that they could carve onto the changing table that they were making for little Sharon. So, feeling happy that my parents valued something my second grade self made, I drew a horse, a sun, a lion, and a giraffe. 

So here are a few pictures of the changing table that I carried up the stairs from the basement yesterday to prepare for our new little light of our lives. 

 I scrubbed it down and used some steel wool to spruce it up a little. I just love the generational history.

A happy lion.

New subject:

I soaked mung beans overnight, then this afternoon pressure cooked them with rice. Mmmmm. Here they are soaking.

Tomorrow I will add another picture of the sprouts we have going. Here they are just getting started.

Good night.