Daddy's Helper or Hinderer

Matthew's 8th birthday is coming up on Thursday. He is an impossible kid to shop for!! The only things he really likes right now are light switches and doorknobs. Seeing as there is no child's toy that caters to these fascinating items, Aaron decided to try and make something for him. He is trying to make a light switch board with four light bulbs and five light switches on it. Matthew will be able to play with this contraption instead of the wall lights as many times as his little heart desires since playing with the wall light switches a million times a day can get a little annoying. Since this is supposed to be a birthday present Aaron has been working on it after the older kids go to bed. Sarah still isn't on the older kid's bedtime schedule yet so she doesn't usually go to bed until around 8:30pm. Last night she was quite interested and drawn to all the parts Aaron was working on. Finally Aaron made me put her to bed because she was carting off his supplies. That meant Aaron had to stop working to look for them too many times. Here are a few pictures of Aaron's little helper. She is also sporting her new spooky Wolverine hairdo since she pulls out her piggy tails every time she finds them which, unfortunately, is a lot. We are hoping it gets finished in time for his birthday. I will be trying to limit how much Sarah "helps" him in order to get it finished on time.