I finally got what Ive been waiting for for a long time.
Not grandchildren, but the closest thing to it.
My nephew had a new girl last month, I was in the hospital when she was born, I held her 2 hours after she was born, incredible to me, since when I had kids, no one except the parents were allowed to handle the baby in the hospital.
My build list in the past month skyrocketed.
She has an older brother, 9, who lives with my nephew, and he is also what Ive been waiting for, already diaper trained, can tie his own shoes, and I can have fun with him.
Not this weekend, but I planned some exciting stuff for me and him, man, I miss having young children.Im going to spoil them rotten, don't care what anyone says, its a privilege of getting old.
this weekend, Im continuing the build of a bookcase/cabinet for his lego collection. I will work on it as much as possible tomorrow, and sunday, possibly go visit them sunday, as the joy I get from holding the baby is indescribable.Total joy.Its hard to give her back.
The cabinet is maple plywood, (got it real cheap), and Im using cherry face frame and cherry ply/solid frame on sides to make it look nicer.I had to tweak the mommies measurements to get in on the plywood I had in stock, and I ran into a problem, the cherry ply I had was only 64 inches long, so I had to increase the width of the rails to make sure the panels were small enough for the cherry ply I had in house.
Just started yesterday, making good progress.
heres a pic of where Im at with cabinet, and ofcourse, the most beautiful princess on earth. Isabelle.(about 2 weeks old in that picture)