Saturday, May 09, 2009

Time + Kids = Creativity

Question #1

What do you get when you mix one pile of scrap wood, one determined kid who is mechanically inclined and lots of free time?
Vincent's fort

This has been his project of the week, built with his own tools. He took out the screws that were already in the wood so that it would be safe for everyone, then reused the screws to hold everything together. He hung the tire on there as a doorknocker, and he put the turtle shell on top for shade. He is trying to figure out what he can use for sides because our scrap wood pile was rather low. I'm sure he will come up with something interesting.

Question #2

What do you get when you mix one toddler who got the morning munchies with one 6 year old boy who often forgets to put away the cereal and milk after he is done with breakfast?
Looks so sweet and innocent doesn't he? Well, the highly classy ricotta cheese container bowl made its appearance in front of him after I discovered what he was doing. Notice the white line on the bottom of the cereal container? Those are not Frosted Flakes, and that is not sugar. Here, take a closer look:
Yes, he put the milk into the cereal container. Good gravy. Let's just say that all of the kids had a quick snack of cereal before it was mush. That was a brand new box of cereal that I had just put into the container the afternoon before too.

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