We've been making Joaquin a dresser during Daniel's Christmas break from classes. Joaquin doesn't always enjoy hanging out with Daddy in the garage (I think it gets boring), but Daddy misses him when he leaves him. So they came up with a good activity for Joaquin to do when Daddy can't concentrate on him. Sawing random pieces of wood. Now I know what you're thinking, sounds dangerous and destructive. That's exactly 
what makes it appealing to a little boy! Honestly, the jigsaw isn't that dangerous, especially after Daniel showed him how to use it and hold it. And it isn't nearly as destructive to purposely give Joaquin something to destroy as it is to let him loose in the garage unsupervised. Seriously. Turns out he's pretty good with a jigsaw, especially when you take into account that he's a four-year old. He also thinks it's really fun to cut a board in half (and cute through several). I was kind of surprised that he kept with the sawing 
long enough to get through a board, but he thought it was great fun and worked at it very determinedly. Go Joaquin go. He was very anxious to show me and very excited to get a movie made of his exploits (following). The dresser itself turned out beautifully as you can see. It's a behemoth of a thing with seven drawers. We kept the outside black so that it can be matured by changing the drawer fronts. The handles are very pretty glass ones that Joaquin picked out at Anthropologie. He had actually a lot to say about which ones he liked and why (Daniel had to dissuade him from some because of their lack of sturdiness and it was a very serious discussion). Several ladies were eavesdropping on our conversations and were audibly entertained. Now it's in place and it looks very nice, making Joaquin's black bed and green shelves meld better. Once we get his bunk bed finished it'll be just beautiful!
what makes it appealing to a little boy! Honestly, the jigsaw isn't that dangerous, especially after Daniel showed him how to use it and hold it. And it isn't nearly as destructive to purposely give Joaquin something to destroy as it is to let him loose in the garage unsupervised. Seriously. Turns out he's pretty good with a jigsaw, especially when you take into account that he's a four-year old. He also thinks it's really fun to cut a board in half (and cute through several). I was kind of surprised that he kept with the sawing 
long enough to get through a board, but he thought it was great fun and worked at it very determinedly. Go Joaquin go. He was very anxious to show me and very excited to get a movie made of his exploits (following). The dresser itself turned out beautifully as you can see. It's a behemoth of a thing with seven drawers. We kept the outside black so that it can be matured by changing the drawer fronts. The handles are very pretty glass ones that Joaquin picked out at Anthropologie. He had actually a lot to say about which ones he liked and why (Daniel had to dissuade him from some because of their lack of sturdiness and it was a very serious discussion). Several ladies were eavesdropping on our conversations and were audibly entertained. Now it's in place and it looks very nice, making Joaquin's black bed and green shelves meld better. Once we get his bunk bed finished it'll be just beautiful!
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