Fun tidbit about Seth

He has a real interest in how things are put together. He takes things apart as often as he can, like pens, flashlights, and anything else that he can disasemble, and then puts it back together over and over. And often he'll find a cool part that he decides to keep as one of his very Special Things, and it never makes it back where it came from. He chooses the greatest little random parts of things to carry around with him for days, and he brings them to bed with him too, (where he also wears his shoes every night.) He would love to be able to collect little shards of glass too, if he could only get the okay from that overprotective mom. He loves little parts of machines, and seeing how they fit together. We replaced the faucet in the back yard and gave him the old one. You'd think it was Christmas with the light in his eyes. I wonder what this will turn into as he grows older.

It's always funny and cute to us to see the little odds and ends that he deems special and important. He's got an eye for finding little parts of gadgets around too. He'll spot a crushed whatever on the ground in parking lot, instantly discern the cool parts, and ask me if he can keep it. And when you look at it, you have to agree that it really is cool looking, and different from the other stuff you see everyday around the house. (Reminds me of Wall-e's collection of cool stuff - you know we all subconsciously like most of that stuff he saved.)

We find little piles of things around the house that Seth has collected - rocks, parts of anything mechanical (like parts of a spare doorknob, or a printer cartridge, the inside of a toy car,) a small allen wrench, a car or two, bouncy balls, a little hour glass, more rocks, sticks, flashlight parts, faucet parts, pieces of brick, batteries, the claw from a broken tractor, shiny pennies, anything metal. . .

You know when you come across a Seth pile. It says his name all over it. I love it. He's a cool little man.