Although he's actually been somewhat better for the past couple of weeks, throughout the fall Leon has proven to be a destructo, which is our term for those kids who seem to dismantle or otherwise blow up anything that comes within 15 feet of them.
In the course of just a couple weeks, Leon managed to remove a trumpet that was firmly attached to a Fisher-Price music table, a drawer that was fixed on a LeapFrog table, and the wheel of a Tonka trunk. His disassembly extended beyond mere toys, though. He also removed the rubber end from all of the door stoppers in the house and took off the caps that covered the bolts on both our toilets. He managed to do the majority of this while he had the flu and with a big smile on his face. He is so excited when he figures out how things work by taking them apart.
We are thinking he can eventually leverage this into some sort of interesting career. He can dismantle bombs or, well, we can't think of many other careers that only involve taking things apart and not fixing them and putting them back together, but we're sure they are out there. For now, however, we are resigned to know that some day we will look out on the driveway and see the engine sitting next to the car. And we know that the only explanation will be, "Leon was playing outside," and we will see Leon sitting nearby smiling proudly at his accomplishment.
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In the age of green design, it's all about reclaiming material - salvaging that old bar, keeping old lockers, hell, someone probably wants those shutters, right!? so there you go. saving the environment, this leon, one out-of-business joint at a time.
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