My deal with B was that he had to work at the property every weekend I'm out there (when appropriate) for at least four hours. I think it is important for the kiddos to have a good work ethic and it starts from an early age. I grew up on the farm and worked hard (maybe my parents think differently :-) but my kids have all kinds of screen time distractions.
Well, after about two hours I quickly realized that the pile of branches equated to more hours .... called the rental place and said I need to extend to a full day. B and I ended up working for seven hours and with the exception of a couple minor complaints, he was a trooper and worked hard. It was great to see, he really helped me out.
Here is B conquering mulch pile #3. We have about 15-20 yards of mulch and only used about 1/2 the branch pile so I guess we will have at least 40 yards of mulch to use. Awesome.
S is limited in what she can do but she wants to paint. However, she was able to help out on the dump trailer with all the quarry spalls I have to put down for the construction entrance.
The four legged neighbors were out when we were packing up so I grabbed a picture out the window before leaving.
