May 21 2007
Happy Birthday, Samuel
Remember when I used to post on my blog?
Today Samuel turned 10. The double digit birthday has become a rite of passage in the Lansberry household. Samuel received today a Red Rider BB gun and a fairly stocked toolbox–both tools to prepare him for manhood, especially in hopes that he becomes more handy around the house than his dad.
It was a nice day, despite the trip to traffic court (another story, but PG both tickets were dismissed!), and I’m looking forward to leaving tomorrow with my eldest son for his special 10th birthday trip to a place from my past, Silver Dollar City. I’ll try to get some pictures up when I can after the trip.
Those are very spiffy gifts for a ten-year-old, but dare I ask how a BB gun can help Samuel be handy around the house? Crowd control perhaps? ;o)
The short answer is that there’s nothing more handy in the situation where bad guys come in the house than a trained marksman willing to defend the lives of his family.
Since “being handy” has to do with those things that come up and need to be taken care of, often without planning (like a major leak), being a good shot falls in there too.
I’ll also throw out an answer for that: responsibility and safety. I had one at an early age. I think it had a lot to do with my safety in later years using commercial meat slicers, ginders, buffalo choppers (name of a piece of restaurant equipment), working on cars, and all those nifty power tools I know own.