Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Today was a wonderful day. We stayed in our pajamas most of the day and got to watch Atticus open his presents. Without a doubt, the best present was the one that Nick made him.

What do you make a toddler? Something that has everything that they love to do: an outlet to plug things into (no power to the outlet), buttons (these cause lights to light up and a buzzer to go off), a light switch, door knobs and a lock with a key that works, and an old laptop keyboard. Put this together with a bit of creativity, and what do you get? A “control panel”.

Nick has been thinking about this for quite awhile and it turned out great. The locks work, there is a plexiglass window so you can see the light inside as well as all the cords. There is also a lever, connected to some bungee cords inside to give it friction. Nick is the genius behind all of this. I helped sand and varnish it, but other than that, it was all his doing.

Here are a few pics:

And a picture from the top so you can see more of what it does:

This will provide hours of fun!

Boy is Christmas fun with kids…