Hayden the Fabricator

Tonight after dinner, Hayden and Jonathan spent the evening in the garage together....doing some father & son bonding. This is the norm usually before Hayden's bedtime, so that I can get some things done around the house after Erica goes to bed. They are definitely garage buddies.

Here you can see what the garage lesson was this evening: Welding 101. Jonathan learned to weld in his garage with his dad when he was 9 years old, so he figures Hayden will be leaps and bounds ahead if he starts learning at (almost) 4!!

Hayden did really well (note the photo of him holding his finished work), and was so proud when he came in the house and told me that he "welded all by himself."

The thought of him welding was cute, but the photos really sealed the deal for me.........he is definitely his daddy in the making. Scary, but true.....two Jonathan's in this world!! :)

This scene is actually very Deja vu to me-- because when we found out that we
were having a boy 4+ years ago--the first picture that entered my mind was
pulling up our driveway and seeing Jonathan and our young son in the garage
working on a welding project side by side.

Some things are just meant to be!