Daddy's Helper and Friend

[jamban]

Thank you for sharing such a precious moment with us. Must have been a fun day for the family! I am sure you felt something deep inside when she said that you...

 

[rx2man]

Thurs they go back to school. So tomorrow is the last day of daddy daycare. We will be working on pipes tomorrow lol.....kids can be a lot of fun. I have a picture when she was 5 helping me load up a pipe. It's interesting when you don't think they are paying attention but they are. They don't miss much....

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Awesome daughter, great Dad!

 

[jvnshr]

:clap: :clap:

 

[mikethompson]

They don't miss much....

that's what I'm afraid of

 

[jamban]

My one and a half year old loves playing with the tamper. (Which may explain its sudden disappearance.) One day, before the tamper disappeared, he took it and started gently tamping the unlit pipe i was holding. He did it with great care and in a clockwise direction as i always do. I was amazed!!

 

[ravkesef]

I’m with Cortez on this one. Your daughter is one awesome young lady. Learning languages when you’re growing up beats sophomore Spanish, or Babbel, or whatever. I grew up speaking German and French, and I wouldn’t trade my knowledge of these languages for anything. The good news is that at this age, your daughter is totally unselfconscious about her linguistic skills, and that’s truly a feeling that will stand her in good stead. General Relativity should be next on her list.

 

[rx2man]

@ Hoosierpipeguy, thank you....
@ MikeThompson, I get it.
@ Jamban, they are funny huh. Watching what daddy is doing and even catching the little details. You dont realize how neat it is being a father until you are one.
@ ravkesef, this summer she goes with mommy to Serbia for 6 weeks. She will speak Serbian the entire time she is there. My mother in law comes back with them and speaks to Mimi in Serbian as she does not speak a lot of English. I dont think so on the General Relativity, she is more artsy than scientist, who knows though. She likes making slime lol......

 

[jamban]

For sure... Nothing you have seen, heard, read, or even experienced vicariously, will prepare you for this peak experience. Just wow. And wow every moment if we are able to be fully present. No words can do justice.

 

[mso489]

My next-door friend's dad maintained a wood working shop in the basement and had lots of wood scraps around. We spent many a hot summer day down there sawing and sanding. I built a whole fleet of ships painted navy gray, using small bits of window screen as radar antenna and faucet washers with nails inserted in rows as main batteries, some of the happiest hours of my childhood. Our basement workshop wasn't as spiffy, but I built lot of model planes in my room, graduating from plastic kits to planes made out of wood to my own design. These were suspended on thread from the ceiling of my room. It happens that my friends uncle was a professional model builder who built a famous permanent exhibit of miniature rooms, "The Thorn Rooms," depicting famous rooms in palaces and historical houses. Never met "Uncle Gene," but heard a lot about him. He had a studio on the main street across from the commuter railroad tracks. I think his sons have carried on the business, which does architectural models and corporate displays. Those girls may have a table at the Chicago pipe show next year.