Friday, January 9, 2009

Constructive Deconstruction

What should you do with a rice cooker that suddenly stops cooking rice? Well, if you've got a toddler with a bit of dexterity and a hankering for some screw removal you have a fun evening activity.

Concentration is a must. Voila! And the fruits of our labors: Just remember to safely discard the old cord, lest your boys try to invent some sort of bug zapper... But if you forget and they accidentally trip a breaker while attempting to electrocute a bug, go easy on 'em, especially if they were careful and used electrical tape. Just a little something I learned from my Dad.

3 comments:

Grandpa in NEAZ said...

I believe that we found the bug zapper, you mentioned, when we cleaned out the shed last week. We will be forwarding it to the boys for their 2nd birthday. The black tape has fallen off so I will leave it to you to procure additional tape for the crunchers use. I also have a small (cruncher size) screwdriver which will be much easier for little hands to use which will also be included in the birthday package.

Remembering the old days - GP in NAZ

Grandma in NEAZ said...

A homemade bug zapper couldn't happen to a nicer, more deserving Dad. Good luck is all we can wish in NEAZ, especially to the innocent mama.

And GP meant to say 3rd birthday

Remembering the old days - GM in NEAZ

Kristi said...

Wow...I highly recommend never showing boys how to do those sorts things. Before you know it, you'll be sitting down at the dinner table only to have it fall directly onto the floor with the food and all. Huh...what was that all about? Upon closer inspection you see that the screws have all been taken out of the legs. Clever, but quite a mess. This is a true story. Happened at a friends house growing up. Names have been with held to protect the innocent. :)