Working

Elliott is so much fun these days, and I am continually amazed by his understanding of the world and how things work.  One of Elliott's favorite past times is playing with tools.  Sometimes he gets his hands on Daddy's tools, but mostly we try to keep his attention focused on his many toy tools.  For Christmas he got a wooden tool bench/tool set from Steve's parents, and a Black & Decker (toy) tool set from my Gram.  

At first he mostly just carried them around and gnawed on them from time to time.  These days he's a pro, knows the names of all of the tools.  He hammers nails with his hammer, uses the screwdriver to twist screws, and runs the saw across his work bench (he has both a wooden saw and a power saw). 

Elliott will often play at his bench and say over and over again "working, working", just in case we couldn't tell what we was up to.  He also said the same thing on the way home from work today when I told him Daddy was working, but would be home soon.  He must think that Steve plays with tools all day when he is at work.

We have plenty of projects around the house, and can't wait for Elliott to be big enough to trade in those toy tools for some real ones.  Especially when he is so enthusiastic about working:)