Construction work

I bet you thought this would be about Daniel?  He is, after all, the construction obsessed child in our home.  Legos, magformers, recycled boxes and tape, you name it, he has built with it.

 Sophie is more into destruction as a rule.  And dresses. And sparkly things.  In fact, this is Sophie's natural state.

When we were invited to join friends at a "Come Build With Us" program at the family centre, I was excited for her and her friend to play in a way that didn't involve dressing up as princesses and having tea parties.  Not that there is anything wrong with that, we just want a well rounded, knows-she-can-do-anything sort of girl.

The girls had a great time building in a variety of ways.  Sophie enjoyed finger painting, stacking sponges in the water table and making a "present" out of cardboard boxes and string.  Dressing up as a construction worker at this station, she was quite focussed on hammering the nails into the foam block and kept at it until she had them all in.

 Once Sophie tired of building, she hung out with this giant stuffed tiger in the mirror tunnel until the end of our time.  We will definitely come build again!