Channeling David's energy

We have two particular skills that run on both sides of our families, in various manifestations (well, I mean, we have more than two, but there are two that pertain to this post!) . Those two skills are the ability to work with one's hands, and the ability to read something in a book and then translate it to actuality. Bear with me for a minute! My dad has commented more than once on admiring Bruce's ability to not only read a 'how-to' book, but then to also be able to use his hands to do whatever 'it' is. Bruce's dad is a retired electrical engineer and is very handy with home-fix-it projects. My grandpa is a retired mechanic and can fix or build pretty much anything he gets a mind to. One of my brothers owns his own chimney business and does not only cleaning, but also building, rebuilding, stone work, etc, was a jet mechanic in the Air Force, and likes to tinker with cars (mostly doing things to make them faster and louder!). And I have yet to find something in the house or garage that my dad can't figure out how it works, what's wrong with it, and usually how to fix it...not only that, but when something goes wrong with my car or other machine and I call him, he's really good about being able to explain what I need to do to trouble shoot and/or fix it. For that matter, now that I think about it, both my mom and I are pretty handy around a tool box, too! We both know how to use "guy" tools/machines and are happy to do minor repairs around the house...and we're pretty decent with sewing tools/machines, too! (Random fact: Did you know that on my "someday I'd like to..." list is to take a basic auto mechanics course?!) All that to say, both the 'read it' and the 'do it with your hands' skill-genes run very strong in our families, and we are so very excited to see them emerging in David! Recently he built this bulldozer from a kit. He sat on his own -- in peace and quiet for a very long time, no less -- painted it, and then spread out the instructions and put it all together correctly!Then, unbeknownst to me, he got out his woodworking kit and put this toolbox together without instructions (he couldn't find them) -- and when I exclaimed over how he built it without some kind of example, he just looked at me blankly and said, "But Mommy, I could just tell how the pieces went together." After that, I got out the instructions for him so he could start working on the treasure chest. He got the whole base built (with one mistake, so at least we know he's human :)!), and then asked for his daddy's help on the tricky lid.We are so excited to see our son enjoying this kind of work...we hope and pray that he always uses these abilities for God's glory...it also reminds us to be thankful that we are "fearfully and wonderfully made" by God! He didn't just make us, He also made us with varying skill sets and abilities, and that is exciting stuff! In other David news, he also finished his first chapter book this week (although the ability has been there for a while, he has needed time to get over the psychological intimidation about reading a 'long book'!). Hooray!And then, just in case you were worried, David is still David. He is still our seven-year-old, all-boy, holding-still-means-wiggling-while-staying-in-the-same-three-foot-area, you-didn't-define-exactly-what-you-meant-by-sitting-in-the-chair, kid! :)