Power Tools

We were in North Carolina all of last week.  On Friday evening Spencer's cousin came up to spend the weekend with his grandparents, who live just down the mountain side.  They'd met once before when she had just turned one, but they were both completely oblivious to one another.  This time they were both fascinated by each other.

After tagging along with the grown-ups while they were walking the dogs, Spencer and her cousin moved right on to the next logical thing:  power tools!  To be more specific, a Fischer Price "Power Saw."  His grandparents had already split a piece of wood for him, so he could pretend that he sawed all of the way through the log.  They took turns, but Spencer just couldn't quite get it.  So her cousin gave her little lesson and how to best wield such a powerful piece of machinery. hehe

Showing her how to do it "right"

Then they decided they'd had enough of that and they moved right along to Poppy's tractor.  Spencer might have been willing to be more demure where the power saw was concerned, but not when it came to the tractor!  She was going to drive it and that was that.  (The engine was off and the keys were not in the ignition)  He didn't seem too mind too much and provided a nice soundtrack of tractor noises while Spencer was "driving"

She's thinking that this sharing stuff is for the birds...

Edging her way over

Making her move...

And going in for the win - a toddler on a mission.

And when the day was over, they weren't just cousins- they were friends, too.