We seem to go to Home Depot about every weekend to get materials for some project or another. You see, we have an old house on which we are doing all sorts of repairs. Repairs may be a mild way of putting it. We are sort of doing a central nervous system replacement on the old girl. Anyhow, since I am not a professional and do not have one of those nifty trucks that just seems to have one extra of every part or nut or bolt that I need, I need to make many trips to the home repair place.
A few months ago, we just happened to be in the store when Home Depot was offering one of their “let your kids build something on our dime” classes. For some reason, Isaac was not with us, but Abigail was very interested in the project so we participated in the class. It turns out that HD offers a kids’ class in the morning on the first Saturday of every month. We went back again this month and Abigail built a message board for her room. On this trip, Isaac was with us but had slightly less than no interest in building the project. Isaac is the sort of kid who likes to do things his own way and his own way never involves reading directions or sitting still. Anyhow, he had no interest so Emily and Abigail decided to tackle the project.
Luckily for Abigail, her mother is willing to humble herself and actually read directions. They did a marvelous job of nailing nails and screwing in screws and gluing that which needed gluing. I knew they were underway as I could hear the hammer strikes as Isaac and I were elsewhere in the store looking at wood and block and other guy stuff.
Abigail does the bulk of the work on these projects and really enjoys getting to do her own work and seeing the finished project. We are doing a new project at the house on which she and her brother are the main builders. I surely hope her practice is going to pay off or else my fingers and thumbs will suffer under her hammer swings!
Grandma could sure use a message board like that one. Wonder if Abigail could build me one?
Warren, girls READ instructions and directions, that’s why we are good at a lot of things…unlike boys… 😛
Good job Abigail!
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Reading directions gives me someone to blame when the project doesn’t turn out like it is supposed to! If you choose not to read the directions, you have no one to blame but yourself.
Very neat, I’m glad Abigail got to enjoy it!
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It’s a man-thing… men just don’t DO directions!
Great job Abigail!
Never thought of reading directions with that thought in mind Emily… BRILLiANT!
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I completely agree with Emily!
Love the message board, good job Abigail!!!
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That is so cool! I’m glad she has such an interest in DIY projects. I wish I had learned more earlier myself. I’m clueless….
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Way to go girl!!
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Warren and Isaac: BEWARE! It appears to me that Emily and Abigail have conspired to construct a beautiful little “Message Board”. However, it has extreme potential for transforming into a “Master Project List for Warren and Isaac”. Suggestion: Buy Abigail a fat-tipped marker so that the list cannot expand with itty bitty writing. Good luck!
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Good job, Abigail! She’s a little baby genius!
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