The hole in our patio...

...Older homes have all sorts of quirks & oddities about them. I think that's why I love them so much. One such quirk our home had was a crawl space in the corner of our patio. Because we needed to have access to this crawl space, we left a hole approximately 31" square and about 24" deep when we had our patio poured. Because we only rarely need access to the crawl space, 99.9% of the time the hole was nothing more than a child-proofing nightmare. Well, I'm happy to report that we finally got around to covering it up. My dad used his welding prowess to build us a frame, and then John cut pieces of redwood to fill it in. We can now, finally, leave Henry on the patio without worry. Huge relief.

mid-construction...

me protecting Henry from the half-covered hole...

ALL DONE!...

Henry saw Grandpa Royce & daddy measuring the hole, so he thought he'd try his hand at it too. He's been pretty interested in the measuring tape lately.

He's the cutest handyman I've ever seen.