My Little Handy Man

Jackson LOVES to turn things (lights, fans, etc.) on and off and open and close the garage. He also loves to "work on things." He's not a child who is still very often but lately I've seen him really get into some things which he seems to view as "projects." While we were at Mandy's house over Labor Day he worked tirelessly on mastering the lid of a plastic water bottle. He just sat there screwing the lid on and off until he could do it by himself perfectly. Today he saw me unscrew the speaker panel of my jogging stroller to replace the batteries and immediately went to a drawer in the kitchen and got out a beater from my mixer. He then got his little CD player out of his bedroom and went to work. I guess he thought the end of the beater was a screw driver??? Anyway, he worked on the CD player with that beater for over 35 minutes. It was hysterical (and amazing) to see him so focused. It was also really comical to see him so serious and getting into all of these different positions to reach different parts of the stereo. I have NO idea what he was trying to accomplish but he seemed ok about being done when I told him that the chicken I had made him for dinner was ready. Being his mother is such a treat and watching his sweet little personality develop is the greatest thing in the world!


This was when he initally carried the CD player from his bedroom into the living room. It's kind of heavy for a little guy so he struggled lifting it but wouldn't let me help any.




Laying down to reach that certain spot with the beater:)





Here he had gotten over zealous and accidentally thrown the beater to his left.



Finally getting the beater into the antenna hole. He had immediately pulled the antenna out and thrown it to the side when he started this "work."



Looking satisfied with his progress.



I think his drool denotes the seriousness of the situation.







"Mom, please quit interrupting me for pictures!"