Child Labor

I bought two IKEA shelves this week to use as shoe shelves in the garages. After putting the first together on my own while the kids were gone at school I realized that this was a perfect opportunity for them to try putting something together themselves. IKEA instructions are so simple to read and I thought the repetition of hammering wooden pins into holes then installing shelf after shelf would be right up the boys' alley. They worked diligently on it for about 30 minutes with some help from me and Claire, of course, who used a ratchet as a hammer. Pretty cute all around. And they did a good job - the finished project is perfect.