You name it, he's probably tried to build it. He really wants to learn how to build real robots and car engines, but I can't find any books with simplified engineering. He's excited to learn more Math so he can really design robots when he's a bit older. One of Nathan's co-workers coaches the competitive robotics league in Austin, and he said Matthew can join the team when he's 8 or 9 years old. Until then, we'll plan on attending the national robot competitions held in San Antonio when it comes around.
A recent interest for Matthew was working with wood. He asked to build a bird house. Nathan found some bird house plans online and we procured the wood planks last week. The children all took turns sanding the edges, applying wood glue and hammering nails. They were so proud of the finished construction!
I really love watching Nathan do projects with our children. I feel such overwhelming love for him when I watch him teach our children something new. They really love spending time with him creating things. I hope these moments will stick with our children as memories that bind our family.
We let each child have one side of the house to paint. Matthew did a blue bird so the resident birds will feel welcomed. Nathan wanted to practice wood carving, so he asked me to sketch a design for him to work with. I found a book of Victorian wood carving patterns from antique crown moldings and frames. It was really fun exploring this book for ideas, it was all so ornate. Nathan carved it up while sitting outside under a tree....it was such a great setting for fun project.
It's still a work in progress, so I'll post pictures of the final product later....if I remember to.
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