Sunday, October 07, 2012

Mario, Luigi, Benji

You may know that my kids are 1/4 Italian.
Along with those famous Mario brothers, they also have plumbing skills!

We had to replace our kitchen faucet. Ben helped me in Colorado. When I asked him to help me this time he said, "I can do it by myself. I learned how to in TechEd!" So - what does a good mom do?
I let him!

This is our before faucet.

Ben mentioned several times how hard this job would be for a man several feet taller than him.

 He mentioned this several times in fact. 

He also learned that installing a faucet in a real sink is more uncomfortable than in a classroom.

It's more cramped, wet, and uncomfortable! It also takes longer than his record 5 minutes in class. :)

We checked him several times for plumber's disease. His health is clean. :)

I only had to tighten one bolt. 

Ben checked the faucet. Ring! Ring! 

Who's there?

Ben cracks himself up.
Too much time under the sink I guess. 

It also makes him giggle when he accidently turns on the faucet when he's "answering" it. :)

Finito! A masterpiece! 

Ben felt so successful after his installation he challenged Frosty to an arm-wrestling match. 

Don't forget - this awesome app is available! :)