JawBones

I'm sorry but it's Steffi-brag time once more. This is her latest creation using JawBones, one of a number of Lego-inspired building sets of this day and age (given to her by her sa-ko and sa-ko-tiu):


Ok, I admit we can't really tell just exactly what it is. But you have to admit it kinda looks like a vehicle of some sort, a robotic one at that. The more important point is that she did this entirely on her own with no help whatsoever. It's not exactly a very simple toy. There are 16 different basic parts -



- and 12 basic connections -


In short, her forty-year old dad plays with it a lot. :-) And Steffi's not even five yet!

What makes me really happy when I see Steffi's creations is that 1) it shows a good basic mechanical sense, and 2) an intellectual curiosity to figure out how things work.

But fatherhood is never easy. Every joy, it seems, can have an accompanying worry.

Good mechanical sense today, huwag naman sana ganito 12 years from now: