He Knows Just What To Say

Alan put together Ander's toy box. We'd had it since Christmas, but it has taken three tries to put it together. The first time, some of the nuts and screws were missing. The next time, a piece of wood was broken coming out of the box. Even the final product has a piece of wood that separated. But we are done reordering and putting the pieces together again. So the toy box is officially done.

And Ander loves it. He put all his toys in it. It's a bench, too, and he sits on it. I asked him about it. He said, "Daddy made it." It was really hard for Daddy to *make*, so that was the perfect thing to say. Now Ander won't come out of his room, because he is playing with his toy box. He must be related to his Mommy.

Etcetera.