We Have Lights and Power

While mom and I were ripping out carpeting this past weekend, the boy played with the electricity in the mud room. We know have lights on a switch! The one in the mud room was on a pull chain. Now we have two lights on that we can flip on with a switch. 

We also have a light on the porch, on a switch. Moving up in the world. We opted for a halogen security light. Most of the stuff at the home improvement store was the "rubbed oil bronze" color. I love it but it doesn't go with the white and black exterior of the house.  The ones that would go with house were limited, and not so nice. And with the security light we have a better and brighter view of the yard, easier to spot the predators that might come after the birds. 

The boys also installed three of these. 

We didn't have any outlets in the mud room before, unless you count the one on the light fixture. That we never used. They also put an outlet on the porch. Most exciting part of the whole adventure. We no longer have to run an extension cord from the kitchen if we want to use power tools outside.