Cardboard fort

We installed a new hot water heater on Friday.  When I say "We" I mean Daddy.  As soon as Daddy brought home the new water heater, John asked for the box.  Saturday morning, we put the box on the back deck and let John go crazy. 

John spent hours working on the structure of the fort while Gillian decorated the outside.  I had John show me some of the features of his fort.

Once again, I'm impressed with John's craftsmanship.  He never ceases to amaze us. 

Robots

John is reading a new book series called "Nick and Tesla."  They are eleven year old twins that solve science mysteries.  This month's book report for John's class has to be a mystery book.  We were very happy that John was able to read one of these books for his report.  Book reports for John's class normally involve some sort of special project to go with it.  This time, they have to take a shoe box decorate the outside and then put five objects that go with the book inside.  John read "Nick and Tesla: Robot Army Rampage" for this report and in the book they actually give directions on how to build the robots in the story.  John and Daddy spent some time and built two of the robots. 

The first one they made last weekend.  He is a friction robot made with some parts from Radio Shack, a paper clip and the head of a tooth brush.

They made the second robot yesterday.  He is made out of a computer fan, wire hanger legs and some other parts from Radio Shack.

Early morning

This Saturday, Daddy had to work. He and I got up early to get the day started. We were in the kitchen when John came downstairs. It was 6:15. We looked at him and sent him back upstairs. I said "It's too early for you to be up!" He reluctantly went back upstairs. Daddy left for work and it was probably another 20 minutes before John joined me again. He said "What? I can't sleep!" He then asked me "Can I build something out of the boxes in the garage?" Last week at school his class got to build things out of cardboard boxes, string, toilet paper rolls and etc. John loved it. And wanted to build again. Daddy and I will always encourage the kids to use their imaginations. I said "Yes." And he ran into the garage. He occupied himself for a half hour.  

He ended up building a house for his stuffed animals. When Gillian woke up she wanted to help too. John was patient but it don't take long before they both had enough.