Friday during his lunch break Dave went to the furniture store and picked up our new dining room set. Then he came back and a friend of ours helped him carry the boxes in to the house before he went back to work. All of this happened while Adam was napping and when he woke and saw the big boxes he pointed to them and said, “Mama, what that?”. So I pointed to the pictures on the outside of the box and told him that daddy was going to make a new table and chairs for us.

Later that night when Dave started opening boxes the little dude insisted, “Adam help!”. I think we both were a little afraid that he would get in the way, but really he wasn’t bad at all.

He had a great time supervising Dave’s work, handing him tools and helping him pick up the pieces.

And whenever he needed a break he would go hang out in the fort Dave made for him.

It took Dave a little longer than he expected, but they did get the table, chairs, and bench together that night. We’re both so happy with how it turned out. We wanted a table that would go with our hoosier (that’s the cabinet against the back wall, in case you’re not familiar with the term).

It’s tough to tell in the picture, but the table and chair legs are actually an antique white color (not a bright white) and the table top is a shade or two darker than the hoosier – but they look great together.

I’m sure it wouldn’t look nearly as good if Adam hadn’t helped.