I don’t post pictures of my niece or nephews very often because my sister has internet privacy paranoia in the worst way, but this must be shared and melted over by the masses.

Yesterday was my nephew’s 12th birthday. His younger brother Isaiah wanted to do something special for him so he decided to make him a shelf for his room. A few weeks ago he broke the blades on his jigsaw so he asked Isaac if he could borrow his for his special surprise.

Well, Isaac said no.

So instead of pouting and saying “Fine,  you ain’t gettin nothin then” which is exactly what I would have told my sister when I was 7, he set about his task anyway.

He made his brother that shelf he envisioned.

And he cut the pieces of of wood with his handsaw. By hand. I know the term handsaw pretty much explains he used his hands, but I felt the need to emphasize.

This sweet little boy cut wood by hand to make a shelf for the big brother that would not let him borrow his jigsaw. And not just any shelf. A shelf he sweetly fastened nails to so that this shelf also became a dual-purpose hat rack/shelf. And he countersunk the screws. I have no idea what that means, but I assure it was very sweet of him. Because he is the sweetest. boy. ever.

And he is also a super-secret spy, by the way. Just sayin.