Hammer and Nails

Ok, so you two have been playing outside alot the past few weeks. No, you have been playing outside ALOT. I think this is wonderful, it is what little boys do in my imagination. They run and race and chase and ride bikes and race little cars down steep driveways and climb into drainage ditches and get dirty and stinky........and you have been doing all these things with aplumb! So yesterday, the idea came about to build a go-cart....how these ideas get started I will never know. We settled for just practicing with a hammer and nails (I think you might need a plan to build a go-cart. And wheels. I'm just sayin'). So Jakey started to help Nick (notice the size of his hammer).

Apparently, it's a man-thing. Because if you can't solve your problem with your current hammer....you just get a bigger one.

There is something about trying to stand on the sidelines while your children have hammers, and ideas. Trying to balance the urge to scream "WATCH YOUR FINGERS" with this little heartswell of pride that your sons are adventurers--wild at heart--builders and foragers and dreamers.

There is something honest and true about a hammer and nails...didn't I read once that Jesus was a carpenter....