We Couldn’t Wait!

Well, we just couldn’t wait… Lennard got home from a rugby pre-season training camp in Fort Macleod and after a few minutes of rest, we pulled the box out of the truck and started building the teeter totter.  To say that the kids were excited would be an understatement.  Every step of the process they were right there wanting to help and anxious for a ride.

   

Were we smart for starting a project like this at 7:00 at night?  Probably not.  It was really cold and, even with gloves, my hands were frozen.  I had to laugh at the assembly plans.  With my parents building airplanes, I thought it was amusing to see the hardware labeled so nicely.  Not bad for us building an airplane in an evening eh? (Mom & Dad?!)

This is as far as we got the teeter totter put together when we decided it was too cold and too late for the kids to be outside.  They were not happy to be going to bed, but it couldn’t be helped.  They watched out our bedroom window for a while as Lennard kept working on it.  They finally went to bed with the promise that the plane would be ready in the morning for them to play with.

We finally finished at 9:00.  Not really that bad to assemble, we just shouldn’t have started at 7:00 at night! 

First thing this morning when we heard Ben waking up I turned to Lennard and said, “How long will it take?” (knowing that he would be excited).  As Ben came in to our room, he didn’t even say good morning.  He headed straight to the window and asked if his plane was ready.  His expression was priceless as he looked out and saw the finished product.  He wanted to go ‘fly’ right then! 

We did manage to convince them to have breakfast first, but then they were on their way.  They have been outside ever since!  It has been so fun listening to them.  I’ve heard things like:

“This is my bomber jacket!” 

“We’re getting ready for the airshow tonight.”

“Uh oh!  We crashed!”

“We’re going flying!”

I love seeing how much they love it.  I am also more in love with my husband than ever.  I’m sure the last thing he wanted to do last night was build a toy, but he did it without complaint.  It was only when it was 90% done that I discovered that he hadn’t even had anything for dinner!  Poor guy.  As soon as it was done he made a Dairy Queen run and had dinner at 9:00 at night.  Oops!  He has another full day of rugby camp today, so I’m sure he will hear all about the airplane when he gets home this evening!  Thanks for being such an amazing daddy and for saving your wife’s sanity by building the teeter totter!