I hope that machine makes it in one piece Nancy. My GDs can do a number on a machine, too. I don't think they intend to be bad. I think they just like to try to see if they can make it work. My DGS lost the bobbin cover plate to a Spartan. Kind of made me mad but I got over it. Then the plate turned up. The 8 year old love to pull lint out with a brush. The 5 year old loves to HC a Singer 99 I keep around. Wilbur loves to reek havoc and misery on any kind of machine. Screwdrivers are his specialty. He's not yet 3 and he knows what a screwdriver is used for. I gave him an absolute junk machine to go with his screwdriver. It didn't work. He wants to use the screwdriver on a good machine. go figure.