Our tool-loving birds of a feather, Papa and AJ, recently flocked together to make a bird feeder from stratch. My favorite part about these projects is seeing how proud AJ is of them after they are done. He will tell me over and over that AJ and Papa built the bird feeder that will feed all those hungry birds, and his little chest puffs out with pride just thinking about it. Over the weekend we were in the kitchen at my in-laws house looking out on the new birdfeeder when AJ saw his first bird perched there pecking at the feed. "Look! A bird! He's a hungry bird getting some dinner! AJ and Papa built that feeder to feed all da birds!"
The other new thing about this project is that David showed some interest for the first time, and AJ was a bit possessive about it being his bird feeder that he built with Papa. I am trying to figure out whether it is better to teach AJ that he has to let David share in these projects with Papa or to let AJ just enjoy the one-on-one attention.
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