Handy Manny Hangs Up His Screwdriver!

We spent last week at the Annual Missionary Reunion. We had a great time and I got to know a couple missionary wives I had never met. One of them called Eli, "Handy Manny" all week. Eli had started about 6 weeks ago carrying around a screwdriver. He found an orange one in Dylan's toybox and he was instantly attached to it. Everywhere Eli went, the screwdriver went with him. He even took it to bed. One Sunday, I made him leave it in the car when he went into the nursery. When church was over, we went home with my Mom and Dad. His screwdriver was not with us. As soon as we got to Mom's house he found a blue one and was, again, instantly attached. He carried it around the whole time we were there. I didn't let him take it into the nursery and then when we left we got in our own car. He found his orange screwdriver and was happy. He took it to bed and everything was just as usual, until Monday. We were playing in the sunroom and he saw a blue screwdriver in Dylan's toybox and he put down the orange one, picked up the blue one and carried it. At the Missionary Reunion, Eli went even into the nursery with his screwdriver. He never got mad when someone wanted to see it. He just wanted it back when they were done. He never got upset if he lost it, but when he saw it again he would pick it back up. It was kind of funny! However, when we got home Friday afternoon, he threw it down in the living room floor and really hasn't played with it since. It was just a phase, I guess, but certainly a funny one.