Before we left for Ft. Collins, we spent a Saturday working on my new planters for the backyard. (Will be finished hopefully before it's completely too late to transplant my bulbs.) Joaquin was intrigued by Daddy's jig to drill pocket holes in the boards, so when Daniel was finished he grabbed the jig and his own personal tools and went to work. I had to help him clamp it on, but he had it all set up without me, just neede me to help him work his clamp. We put the jig over the pocket holes Daddy had already drilled, so I think he thought his drill was actually making holes. When I went inside for a bit, he set it up on the other side of the board and was dismayed when it "didn't work". Yes Joaquin, toy drills do not actually drill holes in wooden boards. Makes them kind pointless, I agree. After that he got a little bored and so Daniel put him in the car
. This is Daniel's normal method for entertaining Joaquin when he is working in the garage and can't really supervise. He puts him in the car or truck with the doors closed and let's him 'drive'. Believe it or not, this is actually entertaining for a considerable period of time. He drives and honks the horn and tries to put up the sunshade. On one memorable occasion he managed to lock himself in the truck with our then only key to the truck. Daniel spent several minutes trying to get Joaquin to push the button and watching him push every other button he could find in the truck. Finally in desperation Daniel said, "the lock, Joaquin, the lock". To which Joaquin responded, "okay", reached over and pulled up the lock. (I feel like this is something Daniel should have already know to do. Button is a very ambiguous word, lock is specific. However it is a little surprising that Joaquin knew which one was the lock and how to unlock it.) Still, in general, the car play is an inventive strategy in that it keeps him in a (semi)safe location where he can entertain himself and be seen by Daddy. The planters aren't yet finished, but we're making progress.
Before we left for Ft. Collins, we spent a Saturday working on my new planters for the backyard. (Will be finished hopefully before it's completely too late to transplant my bulbs.) Joaquin was intrigued by Daddy's jig to drill pocket holes in the boards, so when Daniel was finished he grabbed the jig and his own personal tools and went to work. I had to help him clamp it on, but he had it all set up without me, just neede me to help him work his clamp. We put the jig over the pocket holes Daddy had already drilled, so I think he thought his drill was actually making holes. When I went inside for a bit, he set it up on the other side of the board and was dismayed when it "didn't work". Yes Joaquin, toy drills do not actually drill holes in wooden boards. Makes them kind pointless, I agree. After that he got a little bored and so Daniel put him in the car
. This is Daniel's normal method for entertaining Joaquin when he is working in the garage and can't really supervise. He puts him in the car or truck with the doors closed and let's him 'drive'. Believe it or not, this is actually entertaining for a considerable period of time. He drives and honks the horn and tries to put up the sunshade. On one memorable occasion he managed to lock himself in the truck with our then only key to the truck. Daniel spent several minutes trying to get Joaquin to push the button and watching him push every other button he could find in the truck. Finally in desperation Daniel said, "the lock, Joaquin, the lock". To which Joaquin responded, "okay", reached over and pulled up the lock. (I feel like this is something Daniel should have already know to do. Button is a very ambiguous word, lock is specific. However it is a little surprising that Joaquin knew which one was the lock and how to unlock it.) Still, in general, the car play is an inventive strategy in that it keeps him in a (semi)safe location where he can entertain himself and be seen by Daddy. The planters aren't yet finished, but we're making progress.
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