A three-day weekend! Every weekend should be a three-day weekend!
We had time to enjoy a date night on Friday (Comix Comedy Club at Foxwoods), get lots of house projects done, and even relax a little bit in the evenings.
Instead of starting a big project this weekend, we decided to focus on getting smaller projects finished.
I added a better bird waterer to the coop. The ducks had made a mess of the chicken waterers, so I took a piece of PVC gutter and a cheap float valve and made a new water trough for the birds. I plan on improving it in the future to make it easier to clean out, but for now it is an improvement over the old one.
![The new duck/chicken water trough.](http://www.curtishome.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/NewWaterer-864x1024.jpg)
We also decided to add a shelf and laundry sink to the mud room. Susanna and I worked on the shelf together on Saturday, and I installed the sink today.
![Susanna working on the finishing touches of the upper shelf. We plan on adding a lower shelf above the sink later this week.](http://www.curtishome.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/SusannaWorkingMudRoom-791x1024.jpg)
![Laundry sink installed. We picked up a kit from Home Depot. It took about an hour to assemble and install.](http://www.curtishome.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/LaundrySink-586x1024.jpg)
I even got time to work on the third toy box for Susanna’s school. The box construction is complete, leaving only a couple of coats of varnish to put on the doors. Hopefully the weather will support delivering it on Thursday evening.
![Third toy box nearly complete.](http://www.curtishome.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ToyBoxNearlyDone-857x1024.jpg)
The entire household enjoyed the beautiful spring weather. Perfect for finishing projects, hanging out, or foraging for food (if you are a chicken or duck).
![The chickens and ducks enjoying their time out of the coop on a beautiful spring day.](http://www.curtishome.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/DucksEnjoyingSpring-1024x737.jpg)