Under supervision...

So today was the day that Sam had some of his Science project pals over to work on their big visual display. They needed to build a 3 foot by 3 foot jail of sorts to house their giant molecule. Don't asked me what the technical term of it is. I don't do the book learnin' I'm the contractor in charge of the dirty work. I went with Sam to Home Depo on Friday to pick up a crap load of supplies. We brain stormed and eyed materials before I came up with the easiest and cheapest way to do this thing. So, today I manned the jigsaw and did some prep work, like find the correct size drill bit so the dowels "bars" would fit into the pilot holes. I thought I was the only supervisor but we soon discovered that there was a pigeon on the roof that kept a close eye on all of us. He'd keep moving around but he was intently watching what we were doing. I was sure he was waiting for us to leave so he could drop a few poop bombs on the car. After all it was clean, those "rats with wings" love to mess up clean paint jobs. Anyway, we are letting the paint dry and the boys will be getting the rest of it done in the next few days. It's due on Friday, which means I have to take the seats out of the van to transport it. A nannies job is never done.
Funniest moment of the afternoon is a toss up between Nancy opening the door when they were almost done and shouting, "Holy Shit!" because she was surprised that it looked as good as it did and in such a short amount of time...OR.... When the boys were almost done drilling the holes for the bars and said that they only had one side left to drill. I said, "Nope you have three sides left." They looked at me funny and I said, "Think about it, you will get it." but when they still didn't get it and tried to argue with me, I said, "You have to drill the top holes, so that means you have to do the two parallel sides on the inside." To which I got a long, "OHHHHHH YEAHHHHHH!" My Parents raised a mechanically inclined daughter...those chumps should know this by now, sheesh!