For Christmas my brother and sister-in-law gave my boys an adventure day certificate. Recently they cashed it in for a day with my brother. I figured that they would eat a meal together, maybe do a craft project or two. They were gone for EIGHT hours. I think it was a present to me. 
He picked them up right away in the morning when they woke up and took them to a local favorite breakfast joint for pancakes and apple juice. Afterwards they went to an asian grocery store to browse the seafood tanks for live crabs, lobsters and more. They spent a few hours at the Science Museum of Minnesota then headed off to lunch. The highlight of the day was going to Ax-Man Surplus, a local junk store filled with parts, what-nots, doo-dads and everything in between. They were each allowed to spend $5.00 on supplies to build the robot of their dreams. As they sat later at Erik's kitchen table building, I think these boys fell uncontrollably in love with my brother. They've always loved him, but to them, a chance to use a glue gun, tools and have his focused attention is probably better than a Liberty Custard cone with sprinkles. 
Check out the finished creatures. They came home happy, full, crafty and confident.
3 comments:
For sure Erik gets the award for Uncle of the Year. He is now definitely scared into their hearts! I love that...
btw, thanks for your comment on MY blog! I need to make plans to come visit MN so we can make gourmet healthy food together. I'll keep you posted when I decide to come. I think you should keep taking years off work as long as you can. :) As least until your kids are old enough to attend WHS for real. Then you could be their teacher?
Very cool idea. I'm linking!
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