Stool Sample

For the past few years, we have had a stool in the bathroom. It's a little step stool with storage in the top. As soon as we got it, the boys started using it to hold their collections of various stuff. I can't believe I haven't written about it before, maybe I have, but it used to be quite amusing to go into the bathroom and see what object has been horded away by our little ferret-children.

Well, about a year ago Asa started using the stool to hold all of his treasures and construction supplies. Each time we went to a store, he would scour the floors looking for scrap. The fabric store was a favorite. Sometimes he would get lucky enough to find an old ribbon spool to take home. (I believe it was the discovery of one of these spools that started the construction ideas... he was bound and determined to collect enough materials to build a car. It took 6 months before he found all four wheels!) Walmart and HomeDepot are also great spots for rummaging. Honestly, it was awesome for me, as I found myself no longer having to beg for them to go run errands... errands became the ultimate scavenger hunt!

The boys use the items in the their stool to create things... useless things that mainly consist of just connecting random items to other random items. However, sometimes they make sailboats or contraptions of some sort. Quite often they disappear into the bathroom and sit forever, thinking, creating, taping. I thought I would just snap pictures of what happened to be in the stool today.

Addison working away - Thank goodness for Lysol.

Today's collection-

Also included in the stool- treasures from our recent trip to Lowes (or "the blue HomeDepot" as they call it). Yes, they are the scrap pieces from where people cut their chains. What they plan to do with these, I have no idea.