The Ultimatum

On Saturday, I gave Mr. Man the final ultimatum.
With my sister and her kids coming, and the sun finally making its way into my frigid town, I want to be able to eat all of our meals outside - at a picnic table: my outdoor furniture of choice.

The picnic tables were on sale at Lowe's for $88 + $10 assembly fee. I told Mr. Man, who has been promising to make me a picnic table before the summer's end, that I just couldn't wait any longer and I was going to use my hard-earned babysitting money to go buy one. He took the challenge, and convinced me to let him at least price out the wood first.

$46 dollars later we had all the wood and screws needed and spent the afternoon working together building our picnic bench. Mr. Man worked well into the evening on it, assuring that it is stronger and better than the Lowe's edition. And I couldn't be happier. It's beautiful, and the fact that Mr. Man made it (with a little help from each of us) makes it that much better.

Father's Day was it's first day of use and we have eaten every meal at it since. Can I just tell you how much I love this ultimate man of mine?! I do.

{Little E taking a picture of the picnic bench - but mostly an over-tired toddler}

{The Toddler taking a picture - and I'm sure he is smiling BEHIND the camera now too!}