a day's work

Well, it's official: Josiah is now a workin' man. With the economic "slow down" and all, we decided it was time he went and git-hisself-a-job. Actually, he asked for a job. And he will actually earn a little money- probably to buy things like more light sabers and pop-guns- just the basics. Anyway- so this Saturday we were all working on projects outside, and somehow he decided he wanted to learn to scrap metal (that is separate the metals into categories and eliminate the junk- thus making it more valuable for resale). Jason and Eva showed him the ropes, and in no time at all he was fishing out angle stops, clamping them in the vice, and using the wrench, pliers and screwdriver to take them apart. He worked out there for probably four hours! I was amazed at his determination- some parts took him a very long time, but he persisted.

After he had been working for quite a while, he sat outside and watched Jason mowing the lawn. Jason was aware of him watching, and finally stopped to mower and came to ask him- "You need help with one? Are you stuck?" "Nope," said Siah, "I just wanted to tell you that I'm somewhat of an expert."

And here's some of his loot. He's feeling the draw to the garage all the time now, and is disappointed that he can't spend the day out there working. He feels so grown-up, I think, and also just really enjoys the authenticity (this is not playing work) and the challenge. Of course, he probably didn't feel quite as grown-up when mama had to come out there and take a bunch of pictures, but you know I couldn't quite resist.