Before he started building the Sydney Opera House, he made a contract.
It’s funny that he seemed to put so much pressure on himself to build this thing. We were consciously not adding any pressure, in part because we didn’t know how complicated it would be and if he would actually be able to do it.
Ezra, on the other hand, was quite confident. And it turned out he was right. Here he is after completing the first instruction book.
And he continued to work. He didn’t have time to do it every day, but when there was time we knew we would find him in this spot.
And on March 17th, he was all done!
He really did do almost all of it by himself, too. Bruce helped him through two tough spots, and only once were there tears of frustration. Mostly, just joy.
And a huge sense of accomplishment.
Completely awesome
I’m utterly inspired by Ezra’s contract and positive attitude! Persistence! Yay! Thanks, Ezra!
My ‘help’ consisted of helping him align two large parts, and a little encouragement with the same step. It’s great that we wasn’t all all daunted by the box saying 16+.