Passed Down From Papa...

Avery has always been interested in how things work. She loves to take things apart and put them back together again. She loves to play with things with lots of separate parts that she can investigate. A new favorite activity is taking the battery compartment off the back of the TV remotes (or anything with batteries for that matter), peeking around inside and putting the compartment lid back on.  Over and over.  Fun, no?


Recently, we bought a new kitchen dining table and to save the delivery and “put it together for you” charge we opted to put the thing together ourselves. By that, I mean Jeff put it together with the capable hands of Avery. Talk about a kid focused on something! She was down and dirty getting the bolts together (“there’s the bolt and then the ring thing that goes on the bolt” said me who is obviously not so mechanically oriented) and putting them in the right spot for Jeff to screw them in. We didn’t finish the table in one night, because it got late since Jeff was taking his time working with our mini Bob Vila, so at bedtime we promised Avery we’d finish it with her the next day. I’ve never seen her fall asleep so fast!

So the title to this post? Avery’s passion for the mechanical things in life comes 100% from my Dad who was a mechanical engineer for over 30 years. This interest of hers is really cute and I’m thankful something so wonderful and unique has gotten passed down to her.

FPT


Even the most serious builders get silly every so often.