Working Man

One of the best parts of being a stay-at-home mom has been getting to help my children expand on their play and interests!  Micah has been very interested in construction lately.  They had been playing pretend with plastic hammers, but we decided he was ready for the real thing!

I found the cutest little hammer at Wal-Mart!  It's a real hammer in the real hammer section, but it's really short and pudgy.  Perfect for little hands!

He set to work pounding nails and screwing screws into a 2x4.  I thought he was just getting practice using tools, but he decided he was "making a toy."

It's some sort of a droid carrier.  And of course, the only thing better than one droid carrier, is eight droid carriers.  He wouldn't stop building them!!!  At one point, Jeremy and I looked at each other in horror at the realization we'll be moving all of these "priceless treasures" back to Iowa with us!

The fun didn't stop at hammering though...Micah decided he wanted to build a chair.  My response?  "Go ask your father."  Now most dads would probably blow this off, but Jeremy is amazing and he totally helped Micah use a saw and build a little chair!

Which Liliana promptly decided was perfect for Rex.

So yesterday, Jeremy gets a call at work from me asking where he keeps his drill bits.  I can only imagine the combination of curiosity and fear running through him when his girly wife inquires about using power tools.  Micah and I decided to learn together how to drill things!

Once again, I thought we were just practicing using the tool, but he decided we were making a marble golf game.  (You have to try to roll the marble into the holes.)

The end result of all of this construction work is that Micah has decided he wants to be a "construction worker boss man."  That way he "can still do the fun stuff but if there is something icky I'll make someone else do that job."  Smart boy.