Oldie But Goodie

When Clay was about 1 and half he got a wagon for Christmas. It has been through hell and back and it was very obvious. We use it for EVERYTHING. We use it around the yard when we're pulling weeds (who wants to lug around a garbage can, or a plastic bag?). We used to take it camping and tie it behind the four wheeler.

We take it to the lake to haul all our "beach" necessities (cooler, towels, toys). In it's younger days, and Clay's for that matter, we'd take it to outside bbqs, fairs, festivals, the zoo and even to the pumpkin patch to pick out our jack-o-lanterns.

(Look at how little Clay was!)

Cody's turn!! You can totally see how bad the paint was chipping on the side.

We've for sure gotten our money's worth and lots of good use.

Now, Clay has pretty much lost interest in it, but to Cody, it's like the best thing in the world. Well pretty much anything that has wheels on it, Cody loves. So I thought, why not refinish it? It could definitely use some tlc and I love doing that kind of stuff anyways. And while refinishing it, why not customize it bit?

This is what the sides were looking like. The paint was chipping horribly, and some of the screws were stripped and coming loose (two of the screws BROKE IN HALF while I was trying to unscrew them).

Took the sides apart, and sanded them down.

Decided to go against the original "Radio Flyer Red" and make it stand out a little. Clay chose the colors....if you can't tell. I think it's fun though cause we all know how I feel about bright colors. :D

Some bright new shiny screws, and voila! It's as good as new!

Then I used my Cricut to do Clay and Cody's name on the side.

What do ya think?

On another note, as I post this last picture I can totally hear my mother's voice saying, "if you keep doing that, your eyes are going to stay like that!" I know mom, I know. But isn't it hilarious that my 20 month old son can do this on command?! He knows it makes people laugh so he does it all the time!