Twighlight in the yard. A long day of painting and playing in the yard with the kids. They were relaxed and well-behaved all day. We cleaned up the back yard and Catherine made a new structure, hanging the cloth across the chairs and building a wooden teepee over it. Maxim and Noah played around and inside it for a long time. They also played in the street with their bike and plastic car. Back and forth, forth and back. Maxim and Catherine pretended that Noah was a police officer and he gave them tickets for driving on the grass and skidding off the road. At dinner we made sausages, which are the kids' favorite. We made ten, they ate six between them. They were so hungry because they were outside all day. So were we. You can see how we finished the north side of the house and got the top and bottom of the back of the house done, plus (and you cannot see this here) all but a thin strip on the south side as well. We finished the upstairs windows on Sunday, you can see them trimmed and painted. We will finish the upstairs windows on the front on Tuesday. Our house slowly gets its new look. The neighbors are beginning to remark at the changes.