Comments on: Silly Kids and Scooters http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/01/24/silly-kids-and-scooters/ The musings and ravings of a bloggart family Mon, 1 Dec 2008 22:04:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: KME http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/01/24/silly-kids-and-scooters/#comment-249 KME Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:23:57 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/01/24/silly-kids-and-scooters/#comment-249 Tim, you don't have to confine your writing to commenting on the blog. Anytime you want to come back into the fold, we'll be glad to have you posting again. All is forgiven. Lol! Tim, you don’t have to confine your writing to commenting on the blog. Anytime you want to come back into the fold, we’ll be glad to have you posting again. All is forgiven. Lol!

]]> By: Aunt Kate http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/01/24/silly-kids-and-scooters/#comment-244 Aunt Kate Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:20:01 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/01/24/silly-kids-and-scooters/#comment-244 Yea, Tim. You ARE needed in that family and don't you ever forget it!! The scooter is wonderful and I love the picture with S. on it, helmet and smile in place. Love you Edgrens! Aunt Kate Yea, Tim. You ARE needed in that family and don’t you ever forget it!!

The scooter is wonderful and I love the picture with S. on it, helmet and smile in place.

Love you Edgrens! Aunt Kate

]]> By: Tim http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/01/24/silly-kids-and-scooters/#comment-242 Tim Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:08:14 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/01/24/silly-kids-and-scooters/#comment-242 While I am usually content to let Joshua assemble toys and furniture, this time it took that special blend of handy competence and mechanical aptitude that only I possess, to get the job done. It is nice to see that I am appreciated for my skill and brilliance. Actually, these things rarely go so well for me. I seem to have that unique talent of finding key irreplaceable parts and damaging them beyond repair almost before I've started, often through the happy expedient of using the wrong tool in the wrong way. This has, in the past, resulted in extreme frustration and the utterance of wild threats, as when I was trying to hang a ceiling fan: "Forget the fan -- let's burn the house down! We can make it look like an accident!" Sometimes these things seem to spiral out of control. When Joshua turned 1, Kathy's Dad and I spent a horrible evening trying to assemble a tricycle ... I guess I should have asked little Joshua-punkin to assemble it himself. Anyway, I begin to see why the scooter was on clearance, but it was (eventually) well-appreciated and is a 'success story' that we'll have to make special note of, if only to offset the dozens of mechanical failures I have under my belt. While I am usually content to let Joshua assemble toys and furniture, this time it took that special blend of handy competence and mechanical aptitude that only I possess, to get the job done. It is nice to see that I am appreciated for my skill and brilliance.

Actually, these things rarely go so well for me. I seem to have that unique talent of finding key irreplaceable parts and damaging them beyond repair almost before I’ve started, often through the happy expedient of using the wrong tool in the wrong way. This has, in the past, resulted in extreme frustration and the utterance of wild threats, as when I was trying to hang a ceiling fan: “Forget the fan — let’s burn the house down! We can make it look like an accident!” Sometimes these things seem to spiral out of control.

When Joshua turned 1, Kathy’s Dad and I spent a horrible evening trying to assemble a tricycle … I guess I should have asked little Joshua-punkin to assemble it himself.

Anyway, I begin to see why the scooter was on clearance, but it was (eventually) well-appreciated and is a ’success story’ that we’ll have to make special note of, if only to offset the dozens of mechanical failures I have under my belt.

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