This morning David wanted to put together one of his Christmas presents. The process of building it was a bit of a roller coaster. At first David felt overwhelmed at the complexity of the project. He got Heidi involved and things got exciting as the project took shape. Then they hit a snag as they realized that some of the pieces of the second hand set were missing. Happily David has similar pieces in his other sets and they were able to engineer workarounds for the missing parts. In the end David had a project he was excited to show the whole family. The motor raises the car to the top of the track and then gravity takes it through a series of twists and turns until the process repeats. The kids had a bunch of fun watching it over and over.
David also took a moment today to try out his new tent he got from his Uncle Chris. It's a nice one that I think will suit him well.
For Family Home Evening we put together a fun gingerbread train kit that the Freeman family sent to us for Christmas. The kids had fun and I think we managed to get more candies on the train than Peter ate so that's a win.
Here is a look at the finished train.
