going to build something someday

Noah and I went to the studio today. I worked on cutters again today. Noah decided we needed to build a toy gun out of the wire scrap I used for the headlight. We try to build something unique every so often. He was a little disappointed that it couldn't shoot water (he's been dying for a squirt gun), but he thought this would make a mighty fine gun to play with. I'm sure the cat will thank me.....

I used to build stuff out of the junk my father had in his shop. I remember he would set us (my sisters and I) up with a 2x4 in the vise and we would hammer nails into it until we couldn't fit anymore on the block. I am thankful for the time that I spent just watching what he was working on and asking him questions about what he was doing. It seems there has been a changing of the guard now, as I always have to answer twenty questions when Noah is with me. I have to remind myself that this is part of his learning experience and that I need to do my best to explain rather than give him a "short answer".

Noah informed me that he didn't want me to do anything with the metal rod scrap as he was planning to use it. When I asked "what for?", he replied that he was "going to build something with them someday". He's already learned to horde materials in case he needs to build something out of them. Like father/ like son....