Boys will be boys
A friend of mine recently admitted that, when she runs out of things to do at home with her 4- and 2-1/2-year olds, she plops them in the van and drives to construction sites. They just sit in the car and watch the big, manly machines go to town.
We say all the time how Isaac is seriously lucky to have two grandpas who play with big, manly machines every day (Grandpa O'Neal is a mechanic; Grandpa Ross sells lawnmowers, tractors, and light machinery). But too often we forget how much tool-y crap Dada has lying around. And the scary part is that most of it is for his job. In addition to his office, he has a lab space all his own, which he took us to see for the first time on Friday night. Given Isaac's reaction, Dada's new plan for helping out when U.B. is to take Isaac to his lab when I need a break from toddler-land. See, Isaac can help Dada push around his big equipment cart:
He can measure stuff:
And don't get him started on the orange traffic cones. Those things are apparently as attractive as cookies to toddler boys:
Amazing, isn't it, how naturally drawn boys seem to be to tools and machinery? Where could this possibly come from?
We say all the time how Isaac is seriously lucky to have two grandpas who play with big, manly machines every day (Grandpa O'Neal is a mechanic; Grandpa Ross sells lawnmowers, tractors, and light machinery). But too often we forget how much tool-y crap Dada has lying around. And the scary part is that most of it is for his job. In addition to his office, he has a lab space all his own, which he took us to see for the first time on Friday night. Given Isaac's reaction, Dada's new plan for helping out when U.B. is to take Isaac to his lab when I need a break from toddler-land. See, Isaac can help Dada push around his big equipment cart:
He can measure stuff:
And don't get him started on the orange traffic cones. Those things are apparently as attractive as cookies to toddler boys:
Amazing, isn't it, how naturally drawn boys seem to be to tools and machinery? Where could this possibly come from?
posted by Claire at 8:28 AM
4 Comments:
How come my boy (AKA hubby) isn't attracted to tools?
How incredibly cute are these pictures?! TO DIE FOR!!!
What a little man you have! (P.S. I just got done bragging that I've met this little guy IN REAL LIFE and I've met the mommy IN REAL LIFE, people. HOW badass am I? I am. That's what.)
I do feel quite lucky that the hubs is a tool-phile -- it was actually forced into him by his dad when he was a kid. And with excellent results, I must say.
Mrs. F, you are too cute. AND a badass. Though I doubt I would hardly recognize LB if I saw her now...she is such a little girl now!
Oh yeah boys just seem to know. I think I've mentioned before that Dan has "Mantown" downstairs. If he heads down there without Liam...well let's just say the boy is heard all across the state! Must be something with testosterone
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