John has blossomed with the set of real, child-sized tools he received for Christmas. His favorite activity these days is to "go into the woods" (the trees behind our house) and use his tools on fallen logs (always with an adult present when using the sharp tools).
Mary drilled through a piece of bark in order to make what she is calling a Christmas ornament. She plans to draw a cat on it.
It's fascinating to watch how long John will remain focused, for example taking 20 minutes at a stretch over several days doing nothing but hammering on one log to see what a hammer would do to it.
Today he borrowed Daddy's mallet and discovered what fun it is to smash what we call "squirrel nuts" because we don't know what they are, but the squirrels bury them all over our yard.
Mary's job was to collect the squirrel nuts, John's job was to smash them. He informed me with a serious tone of voice, "Mama, this is the most fun thing I have ever done."
I love John's work boots! Little boys are so much fun!
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