8pm had rolled around and the younger children were preparing for bed, 8:30pm is their bed time on school nights. Hannah who is eleven came to me and said “Mom, I need to make and take a stool to school”, “when?” I asked. “tomorrow” …..Yikes!
It always amazes me how when kids have a big project at school that they need our help for they never mention it until the night before. I also do not know why the kids need to do this as they do not know how to cut boards, nail or even have the stuff to do it.
So I went on a scavenger hunt, I found some boards – some from outside and some from my storage room. Then some nails, glue, hammer and saw. SAW…yikes, we don’t have a saw, most people in Thailand wouldn’t have a saw! Then I remembered we had a saw for cutting pipe (hacksaw) however that would just take way to long to cut. Well, it is a miracle, mom did have a skill saw in her room – I had borrowed it before I went to Canada and hadn’t returned it yet. Thank goodness. Peter measured 3 boards out and I cut them. Then the fun really began when all the kids gathered around – they always love watching mom use the saw because they have never even seen one be used let alone by a woman. So, Peter, with the help of his on lookers glued and nailed the stool together. Tadaa……..what a beautiful stool.
The following pictures are of Peter and the other kids watching as the stool came to be. It was so cute and so typical of the things they need to do for school. I doubt any of the other kids in her class made their own.
Hammering Away.
Gather around.
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