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Friday, 15 January 2021

Growing Up Fast

 My little girl turned 9 this week. I honestly can't believe I've been a dad for 9 years now! 

She is a wonderful human being - full of kindness with a wicked streak of humour. 

Having birthdays so close to Christmas it's always tricky to know what to get them, but she is always helping or undertaking some task on her own (last year she took apart a chest of drawers all on her own as she wanted them out of her room and got fed up of waiting for me) So we thought she might like some tools of her own, she had already talked about a draw knife that she could use on the shave horse (mine is huge), so I ran with the idea and decided to make her a tool box as well. 

Of course having a carpenter as a father has some knock on effects, that's why the tool box is hand made and carved with a Victorian design on both sides! If you go over to my other blog you can see the carving process and my challenge I've set myself to carve or turn something every week this year - 52 weeks of carving!



I was a little worried when we gave them to her on the morning as it is it's not your normal set of presents for a nine year old girl, but she was really happy and pleased with them (she also got fabric for sewing and a lightsabre for fighting her siblings). 

Practical gifts for a practical girl! 

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9 comments:

  1. Sue in Suffolk15 January 2021 at 12:27

    Lucky girl to have such useful things and the toolbox looks brilliant

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  2. Sue G15 January 2021 at 12:27

    Kev,you have an amazing family and this is a brilliant present for your daughter. I'd be absolutely overjoyed with it myself as well! I'd vote you dad of the decade in no time at all, absolutely brilliant, well done!

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  3. jaz@octoberfarm15 January 2021 at 12:58

    it's a wonderful gift!

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  4. MimiG15 January 2021 at 13:13

    The gifts are all wonderful, but that "Dad Made" toolbox will be the highlight. She'll remember and love that forever. Great job Kev!

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  5. MaryP15 January 2021 at 13:24

    I love giving practical gifts. One year my siblings and I got my mother a chain saw for Christmas (she was in her 60's). She loved it!

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  6. Tigger's Mum15 January 2021 at 13:30

    Can't say how impressed I am with the tremendous reserves of skills and experience you are enabling all your children to develop - no gender stereotyping here, practical abilities to respond to life's demands, and fun.

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  7. Toirdhealbheach Beucail16 January 2021 at 03:00

    Very nice Kev. If it helps, I still have the very simple bookshelf my father made for me 45 years after he made it. They will keep them.

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  8. Sharon in Surrey17 January 2021 at 09:51

    I like practical gifts also - candy & flowers last for a day while tools last a whole lifetime!! You never know what a child will become until you give them a door to open. Your child will probably take the door off it's hinges & hang a new one . . . .

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  9. Debby22 January 2021 at 10:57

    If your girl learns the joy in practical living, why she's set for a very happy life. Well done, dad and mom!

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